Voice Recognition via USB

Question

My name is Ismail and I'm a 29 year old physically disabled guy who severely restricts my movements. I can access my computer using a custom mini-joystick that I move with my lips and a touch switch next to each finger for left and right click. I also have a prototype gaming helmet with four touch switches so I can play games using my cheeks and eyebrows.

Finally, I use a voice recognition program called Game Commander 3 to use my voice to process the remaining keystrokes in games due to the fact that I cannot physically use more than six switches and a joystick.

Now that you know my situation, I will explain my problem.

I recently bought the I-PAC FS32 game interface panel , which was adapted for me, so that I can connect my switches to it and play games on various game consoles, for example PS2, PS3, Gamecube, etc., using various adapter cables . This board has 32 digital inputs, as well as PS / 2 and USB . You can connect a hardware keyboard to the USB port and play games. However, I need a program that allows me to use Game Commander 3 (or any other voice recognition software) to send voice commands that act like keystrokes.

I basically need a window that just sits there and waits for keystrokes, and then sends those keystrokes through the USB port of my PC and on the board.

It would be nice if the solution was portable, so I can run it on my PC and my laptop.

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How can I send keyboard commands to a USB device? That is, as for the USB device, a keyboard is connected to it.

Answer 1

An interesting problem - usually the computer is a "USB host", and you connect the "USB device" to your USB inputs. Using a computer as if it is just “peripheral” (i.e. a keyboard), it is really necessary to send a USB output. It is like driving data is erroneous on a one-way street.

Perhaps the easiest way is to use a computer (voice) to control the switches on the I-PAC inputs? A kind of clumsy return to moving parts such as relays, but even the “opto-isolators” also protect the I-PAC and the computer from each other's voltage.

I would suggest that voice communication systems must exist, but you are probably more knowledgeable than me!

Velleman has a USB interface kit, No. K8055, which can be useful hardware. Not sure about the software.