June 27, 20232 yr When it comes to ATC addons it seems that voice control is the preferred option by most simmers. I wonder if this is really true or if those who prefer voice control simply are more er... vocal. 😉 I myself prefer button control. In fact, I wouldn't use an ATC addon that only offers voice control. With BeyondATC on the horizon I do wonder what everyone here on AVSIM prefers.
June 27, 20232 yr 18 minutes ago, tup61 said: I wouldn't use an ATC addon that only offers voice control Same for me ... to weird for me to talk to my computer. My wife would think I'm finally crazy Guenter Steiner -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Betatester for: A2A, LORBY, FSR-Pillow Tester --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
June 27, 20232 yr Wearing a headset while flying in my PC room, for hours, is torture. I use PF3, have two joystick buttons programmed, and with two other keyboard keypresses, it is all I need for the vast majority of flights.   Â
June 27, 20232 yr Only way I'd use voice is if the response sounded authentic, a good AI / TTS voice. Getting some awful Microsoft Sam voice, just makes me wince. [MSI MPG X870E Carbon | 9800X3D (PBO +200Mhz / -20 Offset) | Corsair 64GB DDR5 (Custom Timings) | RTX 4090 Founders Edition (Undervolted) | WD SNX 850X 4TB + 4TB | Antec Flux Pro] Â
June 27, 20232 yr I prefer good menu-based scripting, as every voice-recognition approach I've tried has an unacceptably high rate of errors, and it's *really* distracting trying to undo an incorrectly-heard request/report while flying an approach/departure etc. For crew aircraft flying, the copilot would be handling the comms anyway. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
June 27, 20232 yr I use PF3 and Multi-Crew-Experience. The MCE interfaces my voice with PF3. That way, I have only 1 button to push and speak my ATC commands. MCE is very forgiving with the various ATC phrases as long as I include either Clearance, Ground, Tower, Departure, or Approach and my call sign. MCE is very understanding when it comes to how I say the commands. PF3 can also include the voice ID, so if you decide a particular voice is too robotic, you can remove that voice ID and it is not used. I use this combination all the time now...and it works great! PC: AMD 9850X3D, RAM 64GB, Geforce GTX 5090 (32GB), MSFS 2020, MSFS 2024, Pimax Super 50PPD, Quest 3
June 27, 20232 yr I use Pilot2ATC with voice, but like to have button control available for those nights when I don't want to bother other people in the house. Alvega CPU: AMD 7800X3D | COOLER: Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240L Core ARGB | GPU: RTX 4070 TI Super 16GB OC | Mobo: ASUS TUF GAMING X670E-PLUS WIFI |RAM: 32 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz PC5-48000 2x16GB CL36 | SSDs: WD Black SN770 2TB NVMe SSD (WIN11), WD Black SN850X SSD 2 TB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 NVMe (MSFS), Crucial MX500 2TB (Other stuff) | CASE: Forgeon Arcanite ARGB Mesh Tower ATX White | Power Supply: Forgeon Bolt PSU 850W 80+ Gold Full Modular WhiteÂ
June 27, 20232 yr The option "Both, I use both options almost equally" is missing in the poll. Any ATC addon should offer both methods. Â
June 27, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, Bob Scott said: I prefer good menu-based scripting, as every voice-recognition approach I've tried has an unacceptably high rate of errors, and it's *really* distracting trying to undo an incorrectly-heard request/report while flying an approach/departure etc. For crew aircraft flying, the copilot would be handling the comms anyway. I've noticed this as well, but to be completely fair, it's a bit apples and oranges at this point. Voice recognition and speech synthesis software have moved so quickly in the last couple of years, it's like a generational improvement at this point, and stuff built on old technologies and frameworks has been left behind in the dust. Think of how great iPhone dictation is now versus even two years ago. The right plugin for speech synthesis can be used to create hundreds of custom voices from audio samples, all of which sound real. I took a couple samples of a Barack Obama audiobook, and now I have a fully serviceable Obama AI voice, which I can get to read you a news article in Portuguese. I think a pivot in the right direction here would be a massive experience improvement.
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