Voice Finger is a

software tool A programming tool or software development tool is a computer program that software developers use to create, debug, maintain, or otherwise support other programs and applications. The term usually refers to relatively simple programs, that can b ...

that enables users to control the

mouse cursor In human–computer interaction, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device. The mouse cursor is also called a point ...

and

keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

through

speech recognition Speech recognition is an interdisciplinary subfield of computer science and computational linguistics that develops methodologies and technologies that enable the recognition and translation of spoken language into text by computers with the m ...

.CEOWORLD Magazine: Top Best Voice or speech Recognition Software
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Windows Speech Recognition Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) is speech recognition developed by Microsoft for Windows Vista that enables hands-free computing, voice commands to control the desktop metaphor, desktop user interface; transcription (linguistics), dictate text i ...

tools by reducing the number or length of voice commands required to carry out various tasks. Voice Finger uses an expandable grid to click anywhere on the screen, most of the time with just one command. As the main focus of the software is people with disabilities and computer injuries, it has more features than usual in mouse and keyboard control, and leaves dictation to be handled by

Windows Windows is a group of several proprietary graphical operating system families developed and marketed by Microsoft. Each family caters to a certain sector of the computing industry. For example, Windows NT for consumers, Windows Server for serv ...

built-in speech recognition.Hand to Mouth: Assistive Technology
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* Speech recognition software {{ling-stub