Date:    Tue, 05 Aug 2003 12:33:28 -0400
From:    David C. Fox <davidcfox@post.harvard.edu>
Subject: [Boston-voice-users] VoiceCode demo: Aug. 12, 7:30pm, MIT 2-132

Boston Voice Users will present its monthly meeting:

VoiceCode: A New Tool for Programming by Voice

Tuesday, August 12, 7:30 PM
MIT, Room 2-132
(directions below)

David Fox will give a demonstration previewing the upcoming first
release of VoiceCode, a system for programming by voice.  VoiceCode
translates English phrases into code.  Highlights include:

Code dictation:
- Pause-free dictation of constructs such as if-then statements, loops,
and function calls
- Automatic and manual formatting of identifiers in a variety of
pre-defined or user-customizable styles (HungarianNotation,
separate_words, STYLE_ALL_CAPS)
- Automatic matching of spoken names to known identifiers in source code.
- Multiple customizable synonyms for common code constructs (e.g. "is
equal to", "equal to", "is equal" all translate to ==)
- Common commands across multiple languages (e.g. "new class symbol
inherits from token" will generate

         class Symbol : public Token
         {
         public:
         };

     in C++, but

         class Symbol(Token):

     in Python.

Code navigation:
- Pause-free navigation by punctuation (e.g. "after next comma value
equals zero")
- Select-and-say functionality to select or navigate by pseudo-code
(including identifiers and code constructs)

VoiceCode is an open source project initiated by Alain Desilets, and
sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada.  The project home
page is http://voicecode.iit.nrc.ca/VoiceCode/ (but this link is
temporarily broken, so see http://ii158.ai.iit.nrc.ca/VoiceCode/ instead)

The first release, planned for early September, works with Emacs and
will include a full set of commands for dictating code in Python.
Future releases will support C, C++, and Java.

For those unable to make it to this demonstration, we will have a
downloadable video of a similar demonstration closer to the release date.

David Fox
Boston Voice Users
www.bostonvoiceusers.com
--------------------------------------------

Directions to room: Go in the main door of MIT, at 77 Mass. Ave. Go
straight down the Infinite Corridor for as long as you can. When forced
to turn, go right. You'll pass one intersection decorated with murals of
jungle animals, with a hallway to library on your left, and stairs on
your right. 2-132 just a bit further along.  For wheelchair access: use
the door
at 33 Mass Ave, toward the River from the main door. There's a lift
there.


The Boston Voice Users meets at MIT from 7:30 p.m. until approximately
9:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month.

Please feel free to cross-post this message.

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