Re: [Emacs-vr-mode-devel] software development kits

[Jan R. <ja...@ry...>]

>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Olum <kd...@co...> writes:
 Ken> I'm thinking of trying to connect xvoice to the NaturallySpeaking
 Ken> back end using WINE.  I had the idea that I would use the latest
 Ken> version of NaturallySpeaking, so I asked ScanSoft about their
 Ken> software development kit, but they want $2000 for it.  That seems
 Ken> like a lot, especially since I have no idea whether it will work.

 Ken> What does VR mode use?  It looks like it is still the software
 Ken> development kit from Dragon, who I guess made it freely available
 Ken> long ago.  Is that right?  Does it still work with ScanSoft
 Ken> versions of NaturallySpeaking?

[...replying late...]

To develop vx-mode, which is based on VR Mode, I used the SDK which used
to be freely available. The resulting binary seems to work just fine
with NaturallySpeaking 7 and 8 (these are the versions I owned and
tested with).

Sorry to hear about ScanSoft's attitude -- I find it strange and
disconcerting.

Hope that helps...
--J.