Thanks for the explanation, Bill, I was just curious. Stefik On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Bill Cox <waywardgeek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, Stefik. > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I'm not an expert on voice input for programming, but I know the >> researcher Andrew Begel did some work on this a few years back in >> Java. Any connection here in any of these tools? > > He worked on some cool stuff while at Berkeley, but like many > university projects, his Spoken Java does not seem to have gained > traction. Andrew now appears to work for Microsoft, and hopefully he > can contribute to accessibility there. > >> We've also considered adding voice support into Sodbeans, our FOSS >> tool for blind users. If we wanted to hook in to experiment with, how >> difficult is it to incorporate some of these existing tools? > > The current tools, VEDICS and Simon, are at a state that isn't really > quite usable, but which show clearly how close they are. I would > guess that it's a good time to get programmers with typing impairments > involved, so we can guide these projects in a good direction. I would > wait until there is a bit more infrastructure in place before hooking > into it. > > Bill > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind