Makedict has some set of rules that determines what the pronunciation should be. if it can successfully make a pronunciation out of a given word, you can pronounce the word directly else it generates the pronunciation of the word's spelling.
@helge we have kept the desktop interaction part separate from the speech recognition part (communication between the 2 happens through sockets. The speech recognizer sends the text to the desktop part). So if you want to use any other speech recognizer, all you need to do is create a socket connection with the desktop part and send the text recognized. Desktop part generates the set of words currently visible on the screen to a file. That file can be used by any speech recognizer to create grammar and dictionary file. 2010/5/21 bharat joshi <bharatjos...@gmail.com> > Hi, > > *Answer to your first question*, Vedics is context based. It generates the > word set based on what is accessible on the front end. > *Answer to your second question*. Vedics uses MAKEDICT ( > https://cmusphinx.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/cmusphinx/trunk/logios/) > which generates the pronunciation of the words given to it. These words are > given to MAKEDICT by the c code of VEDICS whch uses ATSPI to find the > elements accessible. Now it recognizes english words perfectly, It also > recognizes words of other languages. We have tried it with words from Hindi, > Kannada (Indian Languages)(Words of hindi and kannada but written in > english). Check out the video "Vedics screencast, Termination commands". In > that video we create files with odd names like "q6pw" and "pcw" which connot > be part of any language, yet vedics generated the pronunciation for them and > recognizes them. > > There are some cases to be considered here. > Abbrevations > http is pronounced as h t t p itself whereas > DSL is pronounced as disel. This is because Makedict was able to make > a proper pronunciation for it. > cdrom would be "c drom" > > "Nesanga Nenena", is a telgu language word, but Vedics recognized it > perfectly. > > User must do some trail and error with other language words. > > Currently we are still in the development phase. > We still have some features to be added to vedics like spelling words. > We have not yet written the installation program, so you could not find in > repo. It will a week or two by the time we finish our exams and write the > installation program. > > And one more important feature to be added to the list is > 8. No training required. we have tested it with different users using > vedics. The 8 videos were made by 3 different people. A person can directly > install, get familiar with commands and start using it. He does not require > any training of voice. Vedics recognizes any voice. > > > 2010/5/21 José Félix Ontañón <felixo...@gmail.com> > >> El 21 de mayo de 2010 11:01, bharat joshi <bharatjos...@gmail.com>escribió: >> >> Hi, >>> >>> Ya we know about GVC, and we have tried it also. >>> You can say VEDICS is a super set of GVC. >>> Some of the key features of VEDICS are >>> >>> >>> 1. Accuracy is much better as we use SPHINX-4. >>> 2. File System Navigation - >Navigating files and folders is very >>> easy. >>> 3. Recognizes any thing- > Vedics is dynamic, in the sense it >>> generates words and its pronunciation dynamically.For example, if we >>> take a >>> simple command like "run text editor", the front end changes as editor >>> opens. Vedics generates a new list of words from the front end and >>> produces >>> its pronunciation and grammar files. This makes Vedics recognize any >>> word. >>> It can even recognize junk words like "hsjft" >>> 4. We can pause and start VEDICS through voice using "stop listening" >>> and "start listening" command. In gvc, people had to use mouse to do >>> it. You can also quit Vedics through voice. >>> 5. Works perfectly on Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04. >>> 6. Can access any element including checkbox, radio button, links, >>> lists etc.... >>> 7. Popup menus like the one that opens on right click are also >>> accessible. >>> >>> >>> >> I'm fascinating with the power of feature 3, it can generates >> pronun&grammar on-the-fly and context-based? >> I suppose you mean that Vedics can recognize any word but in english >> languages, isn't? What about other languages? >> Do we need a text/voice corpous to feed and training it in other >> languages? >> >> And about feature 5, did you have some precompiled binaries or even debian >> packages for testing? I can't find in sourceforge any other thing than the >> svn repo. >> >> Cheers! >> >> >>> 2010/5/21 José Félix Ontañón <felixo...@gmail.com> >>> >>>> 2010/5/21 Nischal Rao <rao.nisc...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I and some of my friends have created a speech assistant software for >>>>> linux called VEDICS(Voice Enabled Desktop Interaction and Control System). >>>>> Using this software the user can access any element found on the user's >>>>> screen through speech. The user can also navigate the filesystem through >>>>> speech. >>>>> >>>>> We have created some demo screencasts of the software: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Accessing the gnome panel and application. >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrVaJXtv0WU >>>>> >>>>> 2. Changing the theme and background. >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRgX94qGj3g >>>>> >>>>> 3. Navigating directories and playing songs: >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVQwAoeIavk >>>>> >>>>> 4. Running a slide show: >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtzA8TFwvuI >>>>> >>>>> 5. Running default applications and window operations: >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCEANbu8p50 >>>>> >>>>> 6. Stopping and starting vedics: >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLFtdrlt3lM >>>>> >>>>> 7. Creating and deleting files: >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3CFAl22h2o >>>>> >>>>> 8. Navigating links: >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AufBaaJazKU >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Currently the software doesn't support the dictation facility. However, >>>>> we are planning to add this feature in the future. >>>>> The best part of this software is that it is speaker independent, no >>>>> training is required and it can recognize words not present in the English >>>>> dictionary. >>>>> >>>>> You can find the source code at : >>>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/vedics/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Nischal, >>>> >>>> Congrats! The screencasts are amazing and, as i can see in sourceforge, >>>> it relies on at-spi for discovering the elements that could be commanded, >>>> isn't? >>>> >>>> I suppose you know about gnome-voice-control, even both projects shares >>>> sphinx for speech recognition so, what do you think vedics differs from >>>> gnome-voice-control or improve it? >>>> >>>> Cheers! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> http://fontanon.org >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnome-accessibility-list mailing list >>>> gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Bharat Joshi >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> http://fontanon.org >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Bharat Joshi > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > -- regards, Nischal E Rao blogs.sun.com/nischal Join RVCE OSUM at http://osum.sun.com/group/rvceosum
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