Loving Voice Attack
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Not sure if it’s my accent, or Windows voice recognition, but I have difficulty getting it to understand me.
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How much time did you put into configuring it?
Can you give some examples of what you use it for?
(I keep putting it off because I kinda’ like my HOTAS + MFDs + Foxy + Logitech G13 + small keyboard setup, and nothing is too arduous to get to. And it feels like the type of software that would require a bit of up front config investment. I can’t be bothered configuring DCS let alone some aux software…)
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Not sure if it’s my accent, or Windows voice recognition, but I have difficulty getting it to understand me.
Say again, repeat please…
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Not touching the keyboard during flight is nice…isn’t it.
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Last night was my first time with it. Really adds to immersion, especially when flying with AI. Highly recommend. Using Terminator’s profile, which works great.
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Not sure if it’s my accent, or Windows voice recognition, but I have difficulty getting it to understand me.
Did you go through the Windows Voice Dictation Training part? I had no idea until yesterday that it even existed, but the more I read, the more Windows got right.
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Did you go through the Windows Voice Dictation Training part? I had no idea until yesterday that it even existed, but the more I read, the more Windows got right.
^What he said. The more you go through the Windows Voice Dictation Training, the better the recognition is. I’ve run through mine a couple times before I started using VA. Once you do, VA has it’s own Adaptive Recognition (which can be disabled if desired) where VoiceAttack continues to “learn” and adapt to how you say words. Example: Your command is “leaves” –- VA doesn’t recognize it, thinks you said “leads” so your command doesn’t get called. Next, say it in a sentence or two: “The leaves on the tree” “The tree has green leaves” … THEN try your command again, “leaves”, and watch it fire up normal. Avoid “saying” the incorrect phrase, but reinforce the correct phrase by using the key word in a sentence to “train” VoiceAttack like you would a child.
For noisy environments where VA is constantly recognizing “unrecognized commands”, this setting should remain off otherwise VA will be “trained” poorly, which could lead to problems down the road. Once you’ve spent many months, or a year, working with VA, you may want to turn off Adaptive Recognition to “stop” any further training, which may only be “bad” habits after it’s properly trained. Think of your WVR profile like a kid you’re training to talk. Be careful, back it up, and be ready to restore it if you change computers or want to take it over to your laptop as well.
I’ve had my speech profile for two years now, and I’ve re-installed windows twice since then - I’d hate to run through Dictation Training ever again! See the very bottom topic and click to expand on “Back up your speech engine training file” - you download an official Microsoft tool that lets you backup the profile, or restore it from a backup. I keep it on a thumb drive with a copy of my VA profiles, and a copy of my WVR profile (and the same files are in a zip in my DropBox). It takes a lot of work, keep your work backed up!!!
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@tpn:
How much time did you put into configuring it?
Can you give some examples of what you use it for?
(I keep putting it off because I kinda’ like my HOTAS + MFDs + Foxy + Logitech G13 + small keyboard setup, and nothing is too arduous to get to. And it feels like the type of software that would require a bit of up front config investment. I can’t be bothered configuring DCS let alone some aux software…)
I just loaded a profile that’s was already made for BMS. I love using it when tanking. Don’t have to go through punching the keyboard to communicate with tanker.
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Did you go through the Windows Voice Dictation Training part? I had no idea until yesterday that it even existed, but the more I read, the more Windows got right.
Yes, but I had already done the voice training before I got the voice attack.
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Agree … I’ve used for about a year. I’ve forgotten many key commands because of Voice Attack!
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Getting Voice Attack to recognize “wilco” became futile, even with running training several times……so I just changed it to “roger” lol. Some words are harder and sometimes easier to just change them to something else even if not proper brevity.
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What can definitely help is excluding other, similar words from windows’ voice recognition database. I’m using a german win7 install but managed to get VAC to recognize most phrases by excluding similar german words from the db (VAC is all I use win7 voice recognition for obviously).
Cheers, Uwe
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Just purchased voice attack, and I have to say that I’m liking it! Makes a huge difference!
Now that you’ve had it for awhile, have you had a chance to edit the profile, such as “Two, attack my target”?
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I’m curious to what kind of inputs you guys are using voice instead of keys.
I like the idea of using for the Radio comms, like talking to the tower, to your wingman, the awacs etc. But… “Landing gear down”, “Speed brakes”, “Uncage”… it’s a jet fighter, not a space ship.
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I’m curious to what kind of inputs you guys are using voice instead of keys.
I like the idea of using for the Radio comms, like talking to the tower, to your wingman, the awacs etc. But… “Landing gear down”, “Speed brakes”, “Uncage”… it’s a jet fighter, not a space ship.
I use “eject eject eject” which has saved my butt a few times after getting into a spot of bother. I have often mashed the wrong keys when gong down in flames and disabled the ejection seat instead of ejecting [emoji16]
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I use “eject eject eject” which has saved my butt a few times after getting into a spot of bother. I have often mashed the wrong keys when gong down in flames and disabled the ejection seat instead of ejecting [emoji16]
meh…I’m a rock star, I never have to bail…
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Now that you’ve had it for awhile, have you had a chance to edit the profile, such as “Two, attack my target”?
The profile already had that in it. I just say for example “attack my target” and the wingman does it. If I request the element, I have to say “element, attack my target”. But, it can be changed to whatever you want.
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I use “eject eject eject” which has saved my butt a few times after getting into a spot of bother. I have often mashed the wrong keys when gong down in flames and disabled the ejection seat instead of ejecting [emoji16]
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I haven’t even thought of adding that! Great idea, not that I would ever need it