if I attempt to create a new voice profile or train the existing profile it is grayed out. I can't do anything under the menu/icon with the plus sign next to the tablet and pen because everything listed is grayed out.
Demo users cannot create, export, import, or delete profiles; As the "Thank you for trying VoiceAttack!" welcome screen tells you: "Only one profile with twenty commands is available".
However, you are free to use the
button to modify or add to the existing profile, up to a total of twenty different commands.
I did go into Microsoft speech recognition and I was able to train the profile there once by reading the text and doing the microphone wizard. I only did it once. Is there any reason to do it again? And is this where I should train the profiles or should I train voice profiles from within VoiceAttack?
VoiceAttack uses the Microsoft Speech Recognition engine, so the training in the control panel is also what VoiceAttack would've had you do.
You're not required to complete the training more than once; If you find the speech engine has trouble understanding you when trying to execute commands, you can run it again to potentially improve recognition accuracy.
It is not necessary to retrain the Speech Recognition engine for new profiles or commands.
I'm hoping to try it with the video games Witcher 3 Wild Heart and Tom Clancy's the Division and Assassins Creed series video games. Are there any voice packs available for these games anywhere? Did anyone have any VoiceAttack success stories with these games?
Professionally voice acted and scripted packs are available for Elite:Dangerous and Star Citizen(from
HCS Voice Packs); These games in particular are well suited to such a product, as the paradigm of a "virtual assistant" fits the Sci-fi theme.
For other games, you may be able to find regular profiles, which can press buttons or automate tasks for you, but if they have audible feedback they're likely to utilize text-to-speech rather than prerecorded sounds.