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Numen: Voice Control for Handsfree Computing

100 pointsby memorableover 2 years ago

10 comments

cube2222over 2 years ago
It&#x27;s worth mentioning Talon[0] here, which is a system for offline voice control as well, with great python-based scripting (and also supports eye tracking, though I haven&#x27;t used it myself).<p>Using your computer or programming with it works like a charm, with some interesting and impressive projects based on it coming out as well, like Cursorless[1].<p>There&#x27;s a great strangeloop talk[2] demonstrating talon and the actual state of voice coding, which is how I discovered it (hint: it&#x27;s much better than you&#x27;d expect, and straightforward to learn at that).<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;talonvoice.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;talonvoice.com&#x2F;</a><p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cursorless-dev&#x2F;cursorless">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cursorless-dev&#x2F;cursorless</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;YKuRkGkf5HU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;YKuRkGkf5HU</a><p>Disclaimer: not affiliated, just a happy occasional user
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teknopaulover 2 years ago
This is soo needed.<p>All big techs use of voice has so far required Internet access and is creepy. Googles is apawling in that it changes so things that did work, stop working.<p>What voice needed was for humans to adjust a little to make the computer work easier. e.g. &quot;Computer&quot; &quot;file save&quot; is much more efficient all round than sending off audio to the bork for AI to try work out what it means.
ArchieMacleanover 2 years ago
I like this a lot. This is built upon Vosk [0], open source voice recognition. I must try it for some of my own projects!<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;alphacephei.com&#x2F;vosk&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;alphacephei.com&#x2F;vosk&#x2F;</a>
CodexArcanaover 2 years ago
I&#x27;m only interested if you have to activate it by saying &quot;Hello... Numen...&quot; ala Seinfeld.
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jzellisover 2 years ago
Dunno what the video is, but it&#x27;s broken on Firefox mobile at least.
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Xeviover 2 years ago
Impressive, I&#x27;m looking forward to seeing more of this project. Did you draw inspiration from Talon? There are a lot of similarities when it comes to the voice commands.
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gramiroover 2 years ago
Interesting project for providing better accessibility!<p>Reminded me a bit of those scenes on Blade Runner where Deckard is asking the computer to zoom in a certain area and enhance image :D
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zeropover 2 years ago
Intresting. Why will someone use handsfree computing. It&#x27;s slow, i would rather type.
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nathiasover 2 years ago
this looks much better than any voice control I&#x27;ve seen so far, I wonder if it requires tiles or you can integrate it with other tiling managers
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penjellyover 2 years ago
interesting... i just broke my arm so this is potentially useful for me. The words you use will take some getting used to though.