Hi Everyone,For several years I have been using various programs for speech recognition to help me out with my simming, but found none of them did precisely what I wanted. I had simple needs:1) Easy to install and setup. I just want to install the program and go.2) Instead of having one big list of speech commands to use for all my planes, I want to easily be able to select a list for each plane that will have only relevant commands, and customized checklists. I've found that the larger the grammar file is, the more likely you are to have false recognitions. I don't want to say "landing checklist" and have the tailhook come down on a 747.3) An option to either have the mike on all the time, or the ability to key the mike with a joystick button.4) The ability to use real recorded voice instead of the synthesized voices.5) REALLY interactive checklists- The next item is not read until I am done with the current one.Now for the good news! I've written the program. It is 100% complete within these goals- but I am looking for community help. I am one person with only 1 voice, and if others are interested, I'd like to have people submit voice files, and checklists. I simply can't post it in the file library until I have at least a few voice sets to go with it. It will be released as a completely freeware project, and it will be updated with user requests.Here is specifically what I need and why-When you speak a command, such as "Gear Down", the program performs the command and responds by playing a voice file. All I need are the .wav files for the voice commands. It is entirely up to you as what commands to include. For realisms sake, I and others are probably only interested in commands that would be spoken to a copilot. Saying "Pan Left" is not realistic, and probably not necessary.The checklists are similiar, but work like this:You say "Landing Checklist". The program then plays a .wav file that could say "Starting Landing Checklist".The first .wav file is played, such as "Gear Down and Locked". You can then manually put the gear down, or say "Gear Down", and hear the appropriate response.Next you say "Check" or "Checked and Set", and the next item will be read.The last item will be a .wav file that says "Checklist Complete".At any time you can say "Stop Checklist" or "Start Checklist from beginning" to re-do the checklist if, for instance, something interrupted you, such as a go-around :)I am also calling on your expertise and resources to give us realistic, comprehensive checklists for each airplane.I'm not sure how you can get these to me so I can include them in the installer, but I am on a private e-mail server which has a very high limit. I hope once I release the product AVSIM will let us put new checklists into the file library.This will be my third freeware app. release for FS, and I'm hoping many of you are interested, as we all stand to gain.Note: The .wav file format is not important- if XP will play it, it will work.Also, if you want to get creative, and do the commands through a CB or Phone, they will sound more realistic, and some background noise would be cool too.A couple of questions answered:Why Freeware? Because I don't need the money, and I've gotten alot from other freeware developers.What do I need to run it, and is it a resource hog? If you can run FS2004, you can run it. It will not impact your performance.Can I customize the speech lists and commands? You will see how easy this is. Even the first time: Run the program, select the speech list you want from the drop-down, and switch to FS. There are add/edit/remove buttons to edit each speech list. There are commands to copy/rename/create new/ and delete speech lists. Each speech list encompasses commands/checklists and acknowledgement commands(such as "Check" or "Checked and Set")Will it work with any sim? Well- It could, but right now it only works with FS2004. I'm interested to see what other sims/games people want to use it for. Adding support for other programs is not difficult, but I'm not sure what else to support yet.That's it. I'd love to hear feedback from people even if you don't have the time to help out. Happy Simming!

Bumping:) .

Well, I didn't want to say anything to the community but I have been working on the same thing but I am not done yet so I haven't announced anything. Mine works the same way with or without your voice for input. I would be willing to test yours out if you want. You can go to my website to contact me at www.fsvoicecheck.com.Carmine http://ftp.avsim.com/dcforum/Images/wave.gif

Sounds interesting! Last year I bought a microphone because I thought about using VATSIM, but never had the patience to do it. I'm not into the big birds, but I'd like to try your program with my GA planes and see what it could do for me.About the only thing I use the keyboard for at the moment ist ATC interaction (everything else mapped to buttons on my Saitek X45 or clickable with the mouse), and I'd like to try using voice recognition for that.Any URL for downloading your program, or is it in the AVSIM file library?VOlker :]

Thanks for the replies. No, it's not in the file library yet, because I need voice sets for it. If you read the above post fully, you'll see that I'm interested in the community helping finish it. BTW, any voice sets submitted would be shared for any other freeware developers to use in their projects.

I have used some of the other freeware voice programs for FS and would be happy to try yours.Hope this helps,JimActiveSky Supporthttp://www.hifisim.com/images/as2004proudsupporter.jpg

At the moment I use Flight Assistant which works best for me of the programs I have found so far. I'm interested in helping if I can. I'd rather not do the commands but if you want any editing done, I'm your man! As a musician I have many sound shaping and modifying tools at my disposal. All I would need are the basic files and clear instructions as to what is required. I can filter, compress, and distort a clear voice recording to sound like a phone and add any noise you want. My email is [email protected]

First off a big Thanks for offering it as freeware. I cannot wait to give it a test run when you release it to the community.John