[geeks] Woah!

[Tim H.]

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:35:42 -0500
Brian Dunbar <Brian.Dunbar at plexus.com> wrote:

> I'm been considering the idea of
> building a voice driven recipe database.   No needing place for a
> monitor or keyboard in the kitchen, only need a mic and speakers.  New
> recipies could be uploaded from other machines on the home network...
> -- 
> Joshua D. Boyd

I don't think the apple speec recognition is up to that.  it is really
pretty basic, and a decent recipe database would bury it quickly.  It is
implememnted as a folder in which any item can be launched by speaking
it's name.  A folder with 100+ items with unique distinguishable related
names would be a challenge, and having an extension to the OS have to
dig through that list every time you used it would definitely be a
challenge.  The only way to interract with a program would be to write
an external applescript, and call it from the speakable items folder. 
Which I have done, but the system is not robust enough to use for a
practical database app.

Tim