Voice Command Managed Wrapper

[Joel]

Does any one remember the demonstration of the Voice Command API
(http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=303900 , skip 15 minutes into
the video)?

That was demoed about a year ago, but I've not seen the API made public yet.
has any one else seen it?

Joel Johnson

 

[Peter Foot]

The problem has always been a licensing issue rather than a technical one.
There have been no further announcements of an API for Voice Command. It's
been technically possible to automate Voice Command since it was first
released (I wrote a proof of concept and showed it to some Microsoft people)
but the speech engine is licensed by Microsoft from a third-party and the
license only allows it to be used for the Voice Command functionality, not
to provide any programmatic access to the engine.

Peter

 

[Joel]

Thanks for the explanation. I was really beginning to think that MSFT forgot
about it. I can see how opening third party access could cut the technology
owner out of potential income.

Joel