[cptaj]

I have massive issues with speech recognition software. It doesn't work for me in either english or spanish. Statements like "google and siri are so advanced now" feel like people are collectively pranking me.

That said, I too have wondered why we don't have speech control for computers or at least appliances.

You don't need to parse all language. Just a standard set of primitives like you'd find on a remote should be way easier to recognize and can even be selected for their ease of parsing. Simple things like on, off, next, back, louder, etc.

[ipnon]

An interesting project: Automatically convert a terminal commands `--help` page to a speech model. Run that over $PATH, then you never have to type again!