Like many people who have spent decades behind a keyboard, RSI (Repetitive Stress Injury) prevents me from writing code and doing graphic design through the usual keyboard and mouse inputs.
So I have turned to a complex and highly unreliable software stack that provides both voice-to-text, and clumsy but limited control of Microsoft Windows, Chrome, etc. This includes Dragon Voice-to-text, Voice Computer, and Talon, plus a browser extension and heavy customization.
Users of Dragon will acknowledge that:
a) The software is a creaky dumpster fire built on archaic code
b) There is no viable alternative on the market
My question is: *how is it that no one has built something better?* The market is huge, and the Natural Language Processing of "OK Google" and Siri are quite refined at this point.
References:
Dragon: https://www.nuance.com/dragon.html
Voice Computer: https://voicecomputer.com/
Talon: https://talonvoice.com/
So I have turned to a complex and highly unreliable software stack that provides both voice-to-text, and clumsy but limited control of Microsoft Windows, Chrome, etc. This includes Dragon Voice-to-text, Voice Computer, and Talon, plus a browser extension and heavy customization.
Users of Dragon will acknowledge that: a) The software is a creaky dumpster fire built on archaic code b) There is no viable alternative on the market
My question is: *how is it that no one has built something better?* The market is huge, and the Natural Language Processing of "OK Google" and Siri are quite refined at this point.
References:
Dragon: https://www.nuance.com/dragon.html
Voice Computer: https://voicecomputer.com/
Talon: https://talonvoice.com/