Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 85058
Voice Recognition and "touch" input
Last modified: 2014-02-25 13:23:30 UTC
Hi I've posted this before and was told to expand on it, but can't seem to figure out how to do it, so I'll waste some server space and "expand" here. I teach face to face and online at a junior college. I had a student who was talking to his computer do do assignments in the classroom, before class, and using the onboard laptop mic using Vista's voice recognition. Since I do so much online work, I am having problems with my hands, and had purchased a Vista machine to be able to interact with the j/c, which has gone completely to Office 2007. Prior to that I was completely Linux, using OO. Due to that change I had to use the Vista machine and so tried the voice recognition on it. For those who may not know: "Aero Glass" which was pooh poohed as "vapourware" has "slid in under the radar" in the file structure of Vista and the Office suite. The voice recognition is a seamless operation, which takes about FIVE MINUTES to train on the machine. I talk the response to an assignment, say: FILE, then "SHOW NUMBERS" and semitransparent, shiney, color coordinated, Aero Glass buttons appear on all the file commands with a unique number. I say the number of say "save as" it asks for confirmation, I than say the number for say "rtf" it asks for confirmation, then the number for "save", again confirmation, and it is done, end of story, no crash no foul. I would really like respectfully suggest that the "voice recogniton", if there is one, be moved forward on the agenda. And while I'm at it, Microsith is now pushing "Surface" a "coffee table computer" which was originally a LINUX application. I produced and advertised, with money, Calypso Dancer, which I hoped might be a way to galvanize the community on "touch" stuff also...if anyone wants to give a go at that, feel free, we/I have done all we can with it, and it is free to the community. Thanks for your consideration on what I consider to be a relatively important matter. woodsmoke4
Confirmed with AOO410m1(Build:9750) - Rev. 1571426 2014-02-25_04:10:58 - Rev. 1571555 Debian