On 5/21/2010 11:04 AM, Nischal Rao wrote: > Hi, > > I and some of my friends have created a speech assistant software for > linux called VEDICS(Voice Enabled Desktop Interaction and Control > System). Using this software the user can access any element found on > the user's screen through speech. The user can also navigate the > filesystem through speech. > > We have created some demo screencasts of the software: > > 1. Accessing the gnome panel and application. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrVaJXtv0WU > > 2. Changing the theme and background. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRgX94qGj3g > > 3. Navigating directories and playing songs: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVQwAoeIavk > > 4. Running a slide show: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtzA8TFwvuI > > 5. Running default applications and window operations: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCEANbu8p50 > > 6. Stopping and starting vedics: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLFtdrlt3lM > > 7. Creating and deleting files: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3CFAl22h2o > > 8. Navigating links: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AufBaaJazKU > > > Currently the software doesn't support the dictation facility. However, > we are planning to add this feature in the future. > The best part of this software is that it is speaker independent, no > training is required and it can recognize words not present in the > English dictionary. > > Currently it works well on ubuntu 9.10 and ubuntu 10.04 > > You can find the source code at : http://sourceforge.net/projects/vedics/
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