Voice commands

Herr-Berbunch · 07-20-10, 08:17 AM

Does anybody in the SH3 community use voice commands?

I've been having a look around and there is a mod for SH4 by minsc_tdp and edited by tomcattwo for SH3, and there are plenty of other voice/gaming software around nowadays. To me this seems like one of the ultimate immersion mods that I've not heard anybody refer to in my short time here!

Although I don't think the wife would be happy in the middle of the night with me shouting ALAAAARRRRMMM trying to get through the Bay of Biscay!

Sgt_Raa · 07-20-10, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Does anybody in the SH3 community use voice commands?

I've been having a look around and there is a mod for SH4 by minsc_tdp and edited by tomcattwo for SH3, and there are plenty of other voice/gaming software around nowadays. To me this seems like one of the ultimate immersion mods that I've not heard anybody refer to in my short time here!

Although I don't think the wife would be happy in the middle of the night with me shouting ALAAAARRRRMMM trying to get through the Bay of Biscay!

i have tried setting up voice to text on a puter once...... takes hours and it has to be dead quiet in the background.... i would suggest not to bother..... very frustrating trying to config that kinda stuff

Herr-Berbunch · 07-20-10, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Sgt_Raa

i have tried setting up voice to text on a puter once...... takes hours and it has to be dead quiet in the background.... i would suggest not to bother..... very frustrating trying to config that kinda stuff

Surely if it's one thing that subsimmers have got, it's patience

Sgt_Raa · 07-20-10, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Surely if it's one thing that subsimmers have got, it's patience

yeah thats for sure.... BUT... voice commands can get VERY frustrating
like i said it took hours to config voice 2 text..... plus i wouldnt be sure if a voice command mod would allow you to config it to your voice...... and you may end up having your missus yell at you to do the dishes or something and you crash dive while in your base.... straight into the sea floor lol
"cos im Sgt_Raa the sailor man" (toot toot)
ga ga ga ga ga ga ga

Herr-Berbunch · 07-20-10, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Sgt_Raa

yeah thats for sure.... BUT... voice commands can get VERY frustrating
like i said it took hours to config voice 2 text..... plus i wouldnt be sure if a voice command mod would allow you to config it to your voice...... and you may end up having your missus yell at you to do the dishes or something and you crash dive while in your base.... straight into the sea floor lol

Firstly, the missus doesn't shout - she's much scarier this way!

Secondly, we've got a dishwasher (tried without when we moved but then baby came along, it's worth saving for/getting one!) and am very good at loading/unloading it (better than the wife - I used to fix them so know how to get the best out of them (dishwashers, not the wife)).

Thirdly, I can (do) crash dive all on my own whilst in shallow water. Although better now, I had two computers rigged to same monitor and used to play one game on one, whilst on here (and FB) with the other, I occasionally got the keyboards mixed up and I'd go to type something and hear all sorts of calamitous goings on as I scrambled to change the monitor back...!

I take your point though, but I wonder how 'much improved' voice software has got over the years?

smilinicon · 07-20-10, 05:32 PM

I use VAC and enjoy sailing in and out of harbors under voice control. It works great but it will send a surface command now and then and that can be fatal, so I removed that command from my VAC profile. VAC sets up in minutes.

sub2 · 01-30-11, 02:14 PM

I downloaded the SH3Speach and over a whole month twicked/changed some of the the commands with my Plantronics headset. Works beautifully. Total immersion as I have my 19 " desktop monitor to display the navigation map when I request it and go stand there and do the calculations. I have a a VGA splitter and one goes to an old 14" monitor I bought on ebay for £20. This is mounted on a shelf at eye level. When I want to look at periscope I go to this and view it through an 1.5" aperture. My 50" TV is also connected up to the pc via HDMI and this gives the living room a visual background for atmosphere. When I go to the bridge I stand on a small raised platform and look at the 50" TV. I'm totally free to move around the room as my headset is wireless. All monitors always show the same view but I'm only looking at one monitor at a time so it doesn't matter if the 50" TV is also showing the periscope view because I'm looking at it only 'through' the 14" monitor. Changing views is done by the appropriate command e.g. when I want to work on the periscope I command 'attack scope' and move to the 14" monitor. I have the feeling that the whole flat is the submarine because I can move to the kitchen (galley) if I want and me (the Captain) can make a coffee whilst I can still hear what's going on, as in real life. I'm trying to work on plastic tubing with a bar across and hole through it to act as my periscope. I'm trying to fix a keyboard to it so that when I turn it it presses against the arrow keys and thereby moves the periscope view left/right. Any ideas as to how we can increase such 'physical' realism will be much appreciated. Time to move away from the desk I say!

Lord_magerius · 01-30-11, 02:56 PM

If you have a water storage tank in the attic, I'm sure you could put some monitors up there for a full 360 degree view from the periscope that you are making. Just find a way of attatching the periscope to your keyboard with some little servos and lengths of plastic this should be possible. So when you go scope up, it actually surfaces through the water in the tank. Maybe when it gets dark you can change all your bulbs to red ones too, also if the weather is bad and you are going to go outside. Place a bucket of water on the door, so when you open the hatch you get a realistic atlantic drenching

But on a serious note, that sounds like it could be quite good if you get it working

joegrundman · 01-30-11, 04:07 PM

lolz!

Sub2 - if this isn't some exercise in irony, please do show us some photos!

this could turn into thread of the year

sub2 · 01-31-11, 05:20 AM

using a servo for manipulating the arrows on the keyboard...excellent idea, thanks, was planning on a system of string and pulleys. Now I just got to get down to an RC model shop.

the.terrabyte.pirate · 02-06-11, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by sub2

using a servo for manipulating the arrows on the keyboard...excellent idea, thanks, was planning on a system of string and pulleys. Now I just got to get down to an RC model shop.

You'll never get the same effect using the keyboard to move the periscope. There's no gradients of spin. It's either still, or spinning at high speed.

What you want is the peri to be hooked up to a second cordless mouse running horizontally on the inside of circular "ring". It could be part of the periscope assembly. That way the rate of spin on the screen is represented by the rate of spin of the periscope and mouse.

Herr-Berbunch · 01-31-11, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by joegrundman

lolz!

Sub2 - if this isn't some exercise in irony, please do show us some photos!

this could turn into thread of the year

That is so much more eloquent than I would have put it - but the sentiment is the same, pics or it never happened.

For the 'scope you may want to try some old skiing goggles as the eye pieces.

VONHARRIS · 01-31-11, 10:12 AM

Man sub2 , you have taken the game to a whole new dimension!

sub2 · 02-06-11, 01:35 PM

yes, I will include pictures of my project. At the moment I'm figuring out how to built the periscope. I'm scouring ebay/internet for ideal bicycle grips and pipes. I've come across an article about the actual uboat periscopes; apparently there are only three left in the world. One was used on the filming of 'DasBoot' so I'm going to be watching that tonight. To understand a little of my reasoning you must know that I'm a WW2 German soldier reenactor. I played Call of Duty loads on computer then I figured that I could try and make my experience of WW2 more realistic. So now, 3-4 times a year, I'm camping in the woods and fighting the Battle of the Bulge all over again!

07-20-10, 08:17 AM	#1
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Voice commands Does anybody in the SH3 community use voice commands? I've been having a look around and there is a mod for SH4 by minsc_tdp and edited by tomcattwo for SH3, and there are plenty of other voice/gaming software around nowadays. To me this seems like one of the ultimate immersion mods that I've not heard anybody refer to in my short time here! Although I don't think the wife would be happy in the middle of the night with me shouting ALAAAARRRRMMM trying to get through the Bay of Biscay! __________________

01-30-11, 02:56 PM	#8
Lord_magerius Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Right by the hydrophone station Posts: 724 Downloads: 96 Uploads: 0	If you have a water storage tank in the attic, I'm sure you could put some monitors up there for a full 360 degree view from the periscope that you are making. Just find a way of attatching the periscope to your keyboard with some little servos and lengths of plastic this should be possible. So when you go scope up, it actually surfaces through the water in the tank. Maybe when it gets dark you can change all your bulbs to red ones too, also if the weather is bad and you are going to go outside. Place a bucket of water on the door, so when you open the hatch you get a realistic atlantic drenching But on a serious note, that sounds like it could be quite good if you get it working __________________

01-30-11, 04:07 PM	#9
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	lolz! Sub2 - if this isn't some exercise in irony, please do show us some photos! this could turn into thread of the year __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

07-20-10, 05:32 PM	#6
smilinicon Bosun Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 66 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	I use VAC and enjoy sailing in and out of harbors under voice control. It works great but it will send a surface command now and then and that can be fatal, so I removed that command from my VAC profile. VAC sets up in minutes.

01-30-11, 02:14 PM	#7
sub2 Watch Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 22 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I downloaded the SH3Speach and over a whole month twicked/changed some of the the commands with my Plantronics headset. Works beautifully. Total immersion as I have my 19 " desktop monitor to display the navigation map when I request it and go stand there and do the calculations. I have a a VGA splitter and one goes to an old 14" monitor I bought on ebay for £20. This is mounted on a shelf at eye level. When I want to look at periscope I go to this and view it through an 1.5" aperture. My 50" TV is also connected up to the pc via HDMI and this gives the living room a visual background for atmosphere. When I go to the bridge I stand on a small raised platform and look at the 50" TV. I'm totally free to move around the room as my headset is wireless. All monitors always show the same view but I'm only looking at one monitor at a time so it doesn't matter if the 50" TV is also showing the periscope view because I'm looking at it only 'through' the 14" monitor. Changing views is done by the appropriate command e.g. when I want to work on the periscope I command 'attack scope' and move to the 14" monitor. I have the feeling that the whole flat is the submarine because I can move to the kitchen (galley) if I want and me (the Captain) can make a coffee whilst I can still hear what's going on, as in real life. I'm trying to work on plastic tubing with a bar across and hole through it to act as my periscope. I'm trying to fix a keyboard to it so that when I turn it it presses against the arrow keys and thereby moves the periscope view left/right. Any ideas as to how we can increase such 'physical' realism will be much appreciated. Time to move away from the desk I say!

01-31-11, 05:20 AM	#10
sub2 Watch Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 22 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	using a servo for manipulating the arrows on the keyboard...excellent idea, thanks, was planning on a system of string and pulleys. Now I just got to get down to an RC model shop.

01-31-11, 10:12 AM	#13
VONHARRIS Konteradmiral Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Greece Posts: 1,992 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 0	Man sub2 , you have taken the game to a whole new dimension!

02-06-11, 01:35 PM	#14
sub2 Watch Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 22 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	yes, I will include pictures of my project. At the moment I'm figuring out how to built the periscope. I'm scouring ebay/internet for ideal bicycle grips and pipes. I've come across an article about the actual uboat periscopes; apparently there are only three left in the world. One was used on the filming of 'DasBoot' so I'm going to be watching that tonight. To understand a little of my reasoning you must know that I'm a WW2 German soldier reenactor. I played Call of Duty loads on computer then I figured that I could try and make my experience of WW2 more realistic. So now, 3-4 times a year, I'm camping in the woods and fighting the Battle of the Bulge all over again!