With all of the talk of UTX v2, A2A C182, etc. I wanted to mention VAC from DWVAC, although there are similar products from other vendors.

 

One of my goals has been to minimize usage of the keyboard.  Mostly I've been able to do that with the Saitek panels, yoke, trim wheel, etc. 

 

However, responding to ATC is somewhat linked to the keyboard because of the numeric menu.

 

For the past year or so I've been using voice commands to select to options in the ATC windows.  It's not quite like speaking the whole phrase, but it beats pushing button 1, 2, etc.  I can also verball issue a "Call GSX", to bring up the GSX menu, or "Show GPS" for the GPS or "Pushback On/Off", etc.

 

If you haven't done so, I would suggest looking into a voice command app to use with FSX. Having one has added a bit more realism to my simming.

 

Ernie

Yup, it eases the workload somewhat.

 

http://forum.avsim.net/topic/454529-fsx-simple-voice-control/