Vista Voice Recognition Roxorz.

[Nova]

They invented the keyboard, and it was great. Then they invented the mouse, and everyone bowed down. But now voice recognition is blowing it all away.

Not to stroke M$'s peen but it's pretty amazing. I mean sure it has its flaws which can get really annoying, but man its so great to just have it on while your on the pc. For example when I'm surfing the net or going through a ton of documents doing all kinds of stuff and using all three, mouse, keyboard and voice recognition, it does indeed make life easier and would suggest you guys with vista give it a try.

I personally can't wait for the day they perfect it to the point where i won't need a mouse and keyboard, or at the very least a keyboard.

[Joe]

ummm MS didnt invent any of those technologies lol ... they stole them like they do everything else lol

[Nova]

well of course, i was just making sure you guys knew i wasn't stroking M$'s e-peen. i can't believe os x had this for a while, almost wish i went to macs a long time ago. almost.

[Zefram]

Well i just with they invent something like those in the movie MINORITY REPORT where tom cruise was just doing stuff in his PC with hand motion............ and a holographic projection screen

And voice recognition wont work on me, because i do play loud music when using the computer............ thus nah

[3DGuy]

Wha is the voice rec for? im guesing not typnig in word documaents? you mean to navigate and interface with the OS?

Can you write an example, im curious.

[Zefram]

Wha is the voice rec for? im guesing not typnig in word documaents? you mean to navigate and interface with the OS?

Can you write an example, im curious.

You could compose a documents using your words, i've used IBM Viavoice in Windows XP and it worked well enough........ but like i've said it needs an extremely silent room..........

[Rudegar]

also most people can type much faster then they speak
and think navigating with mouse and key is often faster too
tried many of the voice progs that have been around for ages
and after awhile i got bored and removed them

[Nova]

i don't use voice recognition to type, at that its still to underdeveloped. what i use it as is basically a second mouse. you can do pretty much everything with voice recognition. technically you don't even need a keyboard or mouse anymore, but it is a lot slower if you don't use keyboard/mouse. on the other hand using all three can make everything go by much faster. for example

- i'm surfing the internet and i want to open a new tap, i say new tab and i get one. no clicking, no going to rightclick -> new tab, or file -> new tab. i just say it.
- if i want to go to a website i say ******.pcstats**********, i dont have to reach for the keyboard and type it.
- if i get to the pcstats forums and i see something nice in the video card section, instead of moving my mouse down and clicking it, i just call out the name. if there are multiple names it puts a clear number box over each option, i choose the number, say ok, and thats that.

basically using only the mouse and keyboard is more efficient then using only the voice recognition, but using them all in sync can have its benefits.

also the reason i think they created it is not only for ease of use, but for disabled people. with voice recognition you can do pretty much everything you could do with a keyboard and mouse, and they even have this nifty option where you can say "mouse grid" and it puts a grid on your screen. this is great for people with major disabilities. also all this works in games as well, i played rome total war last night with just the voice recognition.

to give you a better idea, here's a link that shows you how it works, its a youtube link.

[Assimilator87]

You lazy bastard

[Nova]

look mom no hands. i run most of my windows without touching anything sitting on my lazy boy i gotta say the future of computing is looking mighty good, the only downside might be that my family thinks I'm a lunatic talking to myself. but then again i've been doing that on ventrillo for the past year, so no biggie.

[Stone Fox]

- if i want to go to a website i say ******.pcstats**********, i dont have to reach for the keyboard and type it.

Do you actually have to say ******. ?

[Nova]

i suppose not, but since its u know words, it doesnt make much of a difference.