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Thanks for the tip. I've come across Talon before, but never tried it. I can't use it at work because it would drive my co-workers insane, but maybe I could lea

by Xevi 6y ago

Thanks for the tip. I've come across Talon before, but never tried it. I can't use it at work because it would drive my co-workers insane, but maybe I could learn it for use at home. Can the commands be easily switched to non-english words? Also does it work with any language? I mainly use JS, HTML, CSS, Rust and C#. One of the reasons why I was thinking of buying a Mac to use Voice Control is because it also enables dictation, which helps a lot when chatting and writing emails. It also supports my native language.

lunixbochs 6y ago
The main speech engine is English. Due to the large amount of open data available for English model training, even if you have a strong accent, you'll probably get better command accuracy by tweaking Englishy commands rather than trying to use a lower accuracy engine for your native language. (By Englishy I do mean you can say a non-existent or non-English word, ask the engine what it heard, and map that semi-phonetic result to a command.) It's extremely customizable, there's plumbing in the open source config repo for programming language specific commands and adding support for new text editors and such. There is a dictation mode. The current public English engine isn't the best for dictation yet, but it supports switching engine between command/dictation mode. There's an online WebSpeech dictation-only engine in the beta which has extremely good dictation accuracy for most languages, as well as vosk in the beta for offline dictation (vosk has e.g. a decent German model). The Stenomask is one option for using voice control in an office environment where you don't want to make noise.
- Xevi 6y ago
  Alright, thanks for the explanation. I'll try it out in a week or so I think. If I like it I'll donate some money. Have you ever considered open sourcing Talon? Because as far as I can see it is closed source right now.

by Xevi 6y ago

lunixbochs 6y ago

The main speech engine is English. Due to the large amount of open data available for English model training, even if you have a strong accent, you'll probably get better command accuracy by tweaking Englishy commands rather than trying to use a lower accuracy engine for your native language. (By Englishy I do mean you can say a non-existent or non-English word, ask the engine what it heard, and map that semi-phonetic result to a command.) It's extremely customizable, there's plumbing in the open source config repo for programming language specific commands and adding support for new text editors and such. There is a dictation mode. The current public English engine isn't the best for dictation yet, but it supports switching engine between command/dictation mode. There's an online WebSpeech dictation-only engine in the beta which has extremely good dictation accuracy for most languages, as well as vosk in the beta for offline dictation (vosk has e.g. a decent German model). The Stenomask is one option for using voice control in an office environment where you don't want to make noise.

Xevi 6y ago
Alright, thanks for the explanation. I'll try it out in a week or so I think. If I like it I'll donate some money. Have you ever considered open sourcing Talon? Because as far as I can see it is closed source right now.