FoxVox Free voice control software for BMS
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Is there any way to map the POV of the Warthog Throttle up and down (index finger) as the PTT switch? Looks like it is not handled as a button.
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@Le_Beau currently no…the POV isn’t tracked like a regular button but it is something I can add in with a future update. I was planning to anyway, just hadn’t gotten around to it. I’ll add it to the queue along with some other new enhancements I’m working on.
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@foxster Thank you very much.
With 4.36 out i‘m currently rethinking all my settings. One change would be to move the comm-switch to the pov, which would be closer to the original. Currently it is on my thumb button.
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@Le_Beau Understood. One of the new features coming just to keep in consideration is the addition of multi-configuration support within a single library. This will allow you to enable/disable command groups and commands by configuration. That way you can use a single library for different scenarios - i.e. with wingman commands disabled for multiplayer and enabled for single player…things like that (or even more creative scenarios ). Naturally you’ll be able to switch between configurations using outputs from voice commands.
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@foxster you make dreams come true! You are thinking big!
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An update on the next release, I’m just about finished with the new features, including supporting the Hat switches for PTT functionality and multi-configuration support so v1.6 will be out soon - this weekend-ish maybe? Lets say a couple of days (I know, here everything is a couple of weeks, but honestly - this really just isn’t as complicated).
For the future I’m still contemplating adding in full joystick mapping so that FoxVox will be an all-in-one voice and joystick mapping app so I don’t need to combine it with Joy2Key or Joystick Gremlin. Granted these are both fine and functional software that I use currently, but neither one quite hits the perfect suite spot for me, and I’d really like to have a single app to configure and manage all the inputs. Being the crazy fool to write this app, I may just do it, but in the spirit of upgrades with 4.36 rolling out, I also wanted to ask if anyone would like to see any other improvements beyond this - any suggestions or criticisms you’d like to see addressed (within reason or you risk a derisive witticism from @Aragorn - btw love the sense of humor ) ?
Thanks everyone, best regards and happy flights!
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thanks for the preview mate! I’d love to see a new BMS library integrating the new voice commands for 4.36 if that’s not asking too much
All the best,
Uwe
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Version 1.6 is now out. Here’s a video detailing a few of the new features. Also, view the changelog here for a complete list and an important note regarding the POV/Hat input for PTT:
https://foxster.itch.io/foxvox/devlog/378235/foxvox-update-v160
@hoover I’m still working on the new commands for 4.36 video and library update as requested, but coming soon!
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@foxster love your app! I use it every day with zero problems. I haven’t got around to add the new commands of 4.36 yet, but I will soon. I have only 2-3 word commands like GROUND TAXI, but I can speak the full sentence like “whiskey 2-1 GROUND request TAXI to takeoff runway” and it works like a charm! Thank you for a great app and for supporting it! Will the old commands file be compatible with the new version?
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@danaos75 Yep, absolutely! Still the same at its core. Glad to hear it’s working well for you
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Guess its finally time to switch from DWVAC :).
When the time comes, where can I find the library for BMS .36?
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@Fluke I’m going to post a page to share community libraries soon. I’ll put mine up there and anyone else who wants to contribute and post the link for you.
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@foxster said: I’m going to …share community libraries soon.
THIS is a wonderful thing…! The internet has been the death of community libraries.
Thumbing through the catalogues; the texture of the printed page - these are things which NEED to be shared.
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@Aragorn The outdoors as well, but I’ll leave that to someone else.
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I have created a community page for sharing library files now and have posted my basic library updated for 4.36. Everything is BMS default except for the Altitude Hold and Steering Select commands used for auto-pilot which don’t have the keybinds by default (I mapped them to Shifted U and I keys).
The community page is located at https://foxster.itch.io/foxvox-libraries
@Fluke Here you go!
@hoover - I was going to do a training video on the update to show some features, but just haven’t had the time. Hopefully this will do for now…
As there is no set way to do voice control in FoxVox, if anyone wants to share their libraries here (assuming no objections from @Aragorn who might be remiss if too many go missing) feel free to let me know.
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@foxster said: I was going to do a training video on the update to show some features…
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Oooo - yes, please.
When and if’n you have time, can you - instead of making a vid. which only points out changes - edit / add to your org. video, as in… the first time user joins in with your latest version and is starting completely from scratch.
That would be way cool for n00bs and for lazy, clueless non-n00bs (such as I)
Cheers very much, Foxster-dude.
P.S. If you could do green-screen and add some dinosaur type stuff, that would be - although largely irrelevant - totally cool…!!
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Hey foxster,
thanks for the update. I’m getting this error after installing v1.6 and your 4.36 library. The language is listed as english (uk) in foxvox.
All the best, Uwe
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I managed to fix the error mentioned above by installing the
english us
language pack. Following a few reboots the 4.36 library would load fine in foxvox.
Cheers, Uwe
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@hoover That’d do it