Hi, I might add speech recognition to Sound RTS someday, if I find the time to, of course (at least the speech module seems to work if it has been trained enough, and it is possible to limit the vocabulary depending on the context and to group some words to go faster and have less errors, for example "go to" or "b one"). But it wouldn't be ergonomic enough without an important redesign of the game interface. The current commands of the game would need too much micromanagement, and the game would be tedious (or even harmful for the voice), and irritating if too many errors happen during the recognition.
A solution would be more powerful, strategic, commands, like "train 10 peasants", or "build 2 farms at b1", and you would spend more time meditating while your orders are executed. It would be like explaining to the computer AI which units to build without giving to many details. Maybe the computer would ask you a question from time to time, when there is some important decision to make. Moreover, there would be commands used to ask for a global description of the situation, the problem being that you know less details about what is happening because you are not (always?) giving direct orders, and you can't easily explore the map interactively with voice only (or maybe the keyboard is still available?). The interface would have to be even more sophisticated to give only the relevant informations. Another drawback: in multiplayer games, it might interfere with voice chat. Interesting, anyway. Jean-Luc -- SoundRTS web site: http://jlpo.free.fr/soundrts SoundRTS development log: http://soundrts.blogspot.com/ SoundRTSChat mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/soundrtschat --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
