Hands Free Computing

Abstract

The use of computers is becoming more common by the day. Computers are used for work, school, or play, but some people cannot use a keyboard efficiently. Perhaps one has lost full use of hands due to spinal cord injury, orthopedic trauma, carpal tunnel, or some other reason. Many people, regardless of whether they have a disability, would like to just talk to the computer and have it respond. It is known that programs exist that allows one to "just talk to the computer." Will one ofthese programs be useful for such people? "How can one gain access to his computer - access that is suited accordingly to one's skills, abilities, preferences, work environment, and work tasks (or school or play)?" The most conventional method of computer access is to issue commands to the computer from a keyboard, and by pointing and clicking a mouse. When an individual is not able to use these access routes (or prefers not to), then one looks for alternatives. Thus this voice recognition software has been designed to facilitate the user. It is user friendly, very simple and yet comprehensive. It doesn't make the user go through a lot of steps to recognize his voice to the software. No need to create multiple accounts for multiple users. vii