Creating a Custom Voice Pilot Vocabulary (93647)

SUMMARY

Microsoft Windows Sound System Voice Pilot version 1.0 includes 16 default vocabularies for several of the most popular Windows-based applications. (For a complete listing refer to page 153 of the "Microsoft Windows Sound System User's Guide.")

In addition, it is possible to create a custom vocabulary for any Windows-based application by performing the following steps:

Run Voice Pilot.
Run the Windows-based application for which you would like to create a vocabulary file.
From Voice Pilot, choose the Menu button from the tool bar and select Vocabulary.
Make sure the Windows-based application executed in step 2 is listed in the Vocabulary For box.
In the Vocabulary Item box, type the name of the command you want to add.
In the Use Keyboard To Enter Definition Here box, type the keystrokes you want the voice command to carry out.
If you are defining a lower-level command, select the This Definition Valid After check box, and choose the higher-level command to follow from the list at the right.
From the After Recognizing Item GoTo list, select the next command level to which you want Voice Pilot to go.
Choose the OK button.
If the item has not been trained, the Train dialog box appears. Follow the procedure in "Training Voice Command Items" in Chapter 8, "Controlling Your Computer with Voice Pilot," in the "Microsoft Windows Sound System User's Guide."
Choose the OK button.
Choose the Close button.

A new vocabulary file has now been created for the application specified in the Vocabulary For box.

MORE INFORMATION

Voice Pilot uses the default vocabulary (DEFAULT.VCB) for Windows-based applications without a vocabulary. When a change is made to the DEFAULT.VCB file by adding a vocabulary item (step 5 above), the vocabulary file is saved with the name of the application currently listed in the Vocabulary For box. Voice Pilot also updates the VOICEPIL.INI file to reflect the new vocabulary file.

Once this is done, then you can modify the new vocabulary for your application by simply loading it and making the changes within Voice Pilot.

If you're a developer and want to include you own custom Voice Pilot vocabulary for your application; you just follow the steps above to create and customize the vocabulary, and then include a routine in your Setup program to modify VOICEPIL.INI.

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