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!
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> Regards,
>> Bharat Joshi
>>
>
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