FoxVox (possible free Voice Attack alternative?)

[Gruman]

Hi guys.

I know and own VAICOM / Voice Attack, just don't like it that much. All I need is radio commands, nothing else. And now VAICOM Dev stopped updating.

Browsing around, I found FoxVox. A software done by a virtual pilot flying in the other Viper Sim.
It's Free (you can set the price) and the software looks way better than Voice Attack (IMHO).

A forum search did result in ZERO hits.
Anybody using it? Does anybody have any profiles for this software? Any drawbacks?

Didnt had the time yet to do a closer inspection.

FoxVox by foxster (itch.io)

Best regards

[Recluse]

I stumbled on this post and decided to try it out. For many reasons, I have never been interested in Voice Control software, but since it would have some advantages in VR, and the price was right, I decided to give it a try.  No manual, but the author has a pretty good video on the site.

One thing I struggled with was the construction of those crazy DCS multi-modifier commands. One thing that always bugs me in VR is when I need to move the Cockpit Camera View up or down, so the whole RSHF+RCTRL+NUMPAD2 (or NUMPAD8) is a pain to do in a VR headset.

I COULD NOT get FOXVOX to do this, though I am pretty sure I constructed the command correctly in the software, e.g.:

Happy to hear from anyone else who has tried it and made commands like this work (Active Pause LSHF+LWIN+Pause) is another one that eludes me.

Edited October 8, 2022 by Recluse

[Recluse]

Been experimenting further. I contacted the author and he suggested adding some delays/pauses in case the keys were being processed too quickly for DCS.

So far no joy on that either, but I was wondering if anyone using VAICOM/Voice Attack  have any similar timing issues with complex commands like these.

 

Got it working well for VIEWS and Radio Menus (basically Fx key commands since the menus can change).

First time I have used any sort of Voice Command software, and so far it is promising except for the examples above (Cockpit Camera Views and Active Pause).

Edited January 9, 2023 by Recluse

[rob10]

2 hours ago, Recluse said:

Been experimenting further. I contacted the author and he suggested adding some delays/pauses in case the keys were being processed too quickly for DCS.

So far no joy on that either, but I was wondering if anyone using VAICOM/Voice Attack  have any similar timing issues with complex commands like these.

Got it working well for VIEWS and Radio Menus (basically Fx key commands since the menus can change).

First time I have used any sort of Voice Command software, and so far it is promising except for the examples above (Cockpit Camera Views and Active Pause).

Any reason you haven't change the bindings on those commands to something simpler to program (i.e. a single keypress)?  Not sure you can with Active Pause, but views you should be able to.

[Recluse]

12 hours ago, rob10 said:

Any reason you haven't change the bindings on those commands to something simpler to program (i.e. a single keypress)?  Not sure you can with Active Pause, but views you should be able to.

No real reason Other than wanting to keep them default for muscle memory when actually using the keyboard at other times...  and not seeing the obvious 

- So I realized you could put MULTIPLE key commands in any given spot, so the Muscle Memory thing is no factor

- It did work with the simplified key commands, but for the View Commands, I did have to insert a DELAY which kept the action button pressed down for a longer time.  Went back and put that delay in for the original compound command it it worked as well..

 

Looking good now!

 

Edited January 9, 2023 by Recluse