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    Voice commands

    Hy all.I am still new to linux, and I was wandering.Does Ubuntu has a voice command program, like Vista for example?

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    Re: Voice commands

    Quote Originally Posted by Troll_the_Great View Post
    Hy all.I am still new to linux, and I was wandering.Does Ubuntu has a voice command program, like Vista for example?
    No! Atleast I do not know of! Mainly because it is difficult to achieve and also development would take millions of dollors.
    So I have to say Vista is better in this regard.

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    Re: Voice commands

    Ubuntu does not come with one, no. But I know there is one that comes with the Xandros Linux OS that ships with the EeePC. I'm using it right now! It's called VoiceCommand.. But after some googling, it doesn't look like anyone other than EeePC users are using it.

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    Re: Voice commands

    You can install Dragon Naturally Speaking and use it under wine, but no no voice commands.

    It is sad to see Linux lag so far behind on this, although I acknowledge the technical difficulties of voice recognition.
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    Re: Voice commands

    You can try gnome-voice-control though, I've never used it:

    Code:
    sudo apt-get install gnome-voice-control
    Don't try to make something "fast" until you are able to quantify "slow".

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    Re: Voice commands

    I just did that, lol .The problem is I can't start it.If I type:
    "gnome-voice-control" it "bash: gnome-voice-control: command not found"
    Where is my package?How can I start it?I couldn't find it under "Applications" or "System"....

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    Re: Voice commands

    Try:

    Code:
    dpkg -L gnome-voice-control | grep bin/
    If nothing comes back it could be a panel applet. Try right clicking on the panel and click Add To Panel and see if you can find it.
    Don't try to make something "fast" until you are able to quantify "slow".

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    Re: Voice commands

    It is a panel applet, but when I try to add it I get:
    "Error
    The panel encountered a problem while loading "OAFIID:GNOME_VoiceControlApplet".Do you want to delete the applet from your configuration?
    Why?

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    Re: Voice commands

    As I said, I've never used it but only know of its existence. There is a bug on launchpad that sounds similar to your problem though: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ol/+bug/219303
    Don't try to make something "fast" until you are able to quantify "slow".

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    Re: Voice commands

    It appears that the server file is pointing in the wrong location.

    Open up the file
    Code:
    sudo gedit /usr/lib/bonobo/servers/GNOME_VoiceControlApplet_Factory.server
    Then on the fifth line, change
    Code:
    location="/usr/libexec/voice_control_applet">
    to this:
    Code:
    location="/usr/lib/gnome-voice-control/voice_control_applet">
    Now it should open up with no problems whatsoever.

    Now... the hard part, trying to figure out how it works... (So far I've managed to get it to recognise when I speak).

    Regards
    Iain
    Last edited by ibuclaw; June 25th, 2008 at 06:56 PM.

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