Ready to use your voice for something other than barking raid orders or bantering pop culture references over your guild's Vent server? Nuance Communications has announced what it hopes is the next wave in PC gaming: voice command sets. The new Dragon Gaming Speech Pack enables gamers to bypass complex keystrokes in favor of spoken commands, theoretically making gameplay more intuitive.
Currently, the software supports World of Warcraft and Second Life in the MMO space, with a number of lobby and single-player games included as well (Call of Duty Black Ops, Mass Effect 2, and Microsoft Flight Simulator X, to name a few). The software retails for USD $129.99, but Nuance is running a special introductory offer that you can read about at its website.
Reader Comments (14)
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 1:49PM wondersmith said
In an MMO, how does the software distinguish between spoken commands and things you're saying to your teammates via voice chat?
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 1:51PM MrsAngelD said
This could be cool, Forget fancy keyboards with macro's who needs them I can just order my computer around!.....lol
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 2:08PM Seldra said
I like this, certainly would be great for disabled gamers.
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 2:09PM Arkanaloth said
not so sure about this one... I can just envision coughing and blowing a long-cooldown spell...
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 2:14PM Aetrix said
Player 1: "one... one one... two... one... one... THREE TWO ONE ONE!!!"
Player 2: "dude, you're hitting your push to talk button again"
Player 1: "sorry!!"
I can't wait!!
Player 2: "dude, you're hitting your push to talk button again"
Player 1: "sorry!!"
I can't wait!!
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 2:26PM nomoredroids said
All I can see are the implications for a Harry Potter MMO.
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 2:53PM Irem said
Oh, awesome!
I see it works for ME2. I would -so- give it a try if I had the money.
I see it works for ME2. I would -so- give it a try if I had the money.
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 4:52PM spartanthetriviumorg said
One day - hopefully soon, such software will be standard for all MMO titles and I cant think of a better company to become the defacto standard than NC aka Dragon.
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 11:21PM Waerjak said
Couldn't this also be a step in the right way for console MMOs? I realize this thingamajig is for the PC (right?) but it seems logical to me to try and adapt it to consoles.
Posted: Dec 8th 2010 11:26PM Channel84 said
wasn't convince at all until i watch the video demo on their website and wow i didn't know voice recognition software is so advance now.
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 2:28AM Jeromai said
Now instead of just claiming a sore throat to stay home and play an MMO, it will be possible to actually get a sore throat from over-playing one!
Posted: Dec 9th 2010 12:12PM cray said
I'm impressed, I think the company should sell their software to the gaming companies so this becomes a standard. It's extremely helpful software for the disabled gamer.








