Speech Recognition in C#.Net

I’ve now started playing around with speech recognition using C# in Visual Studio 2008. The last time I demonstrated Speech Synthesis to read the contents out loud from a text file. However this implementation is command based and not dictation based. This is very very basic and it recognizes only one word and then displays the results from database containing that word. For basics on getting started with speech utilities in C#, refer to my last post here.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Speech;
using System.Speech.Recognition;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;
namespace speechrecog
{
    class Program
    {
        //connection initialization to the database
        static string connectionString = "Data Source=MEOW-PC;Initial Catalog=Shopping_eye;Integrated Security=SSPI";
        static SqlConnection cn = new SqlConnection(connectionString);        
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            new Program();            
        }
        private Program()
        {
            //access to the default shared speech recognition engine used by the desktop
            SpeechRecognizer rec = new SpeechRecognizer();            
            rec.SpeechRecognized += rec_SpeechRecognized;                        
            //add the words in choices that you want to be recognized     
            Choices c = new Choices();            
            c.Add("cheese");
            c.Add("pizza");
            c.Add("olives");
            c.Add("exit");
            //Populate the grammar builder with the choices and load it as a new grammar
            GrammarBuilder pizzadetails = new GrammarBuilder(c);            
            Grammar g = new Grammar(pizzadetails);
            rec.LoadGrammar(g);
            rec.Enabled = true;           
            Console.Read();            
        }
        void rec_SpeechRecognized(object sender, SpeechRecognizedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Result.Text == "exit")
                System.Environment.Exit(0);//Closes the console when you say exit
            string cassy =e.Result.Text;
            Console.Write(cassy);       
            //This query will display the results containing the word that was recognized                 
            string squery = "select * from speechrecogtest where name like '%"+cassy+"%'";
            SqlDataAdapter da = new SqlDataAdapter(squery, cn);
            DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            cn.Open();
            // Fill the data table with select statement's query results:
            int recordsAffected = da.Fill(dt);            
            System.Console.WriteLine();
            if (recordsAffected > 0)
            {             
                foreach (DataRow dr in dt.Rows)
                {
                    System.Console.Write(dr[0]);
                    System.Console.Write(" ");
                    System.Console.Write(dr[1]);
                    System.Console.Write(" ");
                    System.Console.Write(dr[2]);
                    System.Console.WriteLine("");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
 

So, when I say “cheese”, the following entries containing the word are retrieved from the database and displayed on the console. I am still figuring how to loop the program to recognize my commands back to back, as per the choices mentioned in the code. Until then, keep trying and experimenting…Au Revoire!

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VTU Question of the Year

I was trying to cram and make sense out of the stuff I’m supposed to study for the sessionals tomorrow when I received this really funny message from my friend. Anyone who is studying under a university earlier affiliated to VTU which is now autonomous will definitely find this one good. Here goes…

VTU Question of the Year

1)2/10=0.2 but prove that 2/10=2.

Answers:

The autonomous students wrote “Out of Syllabus”.Some of them probably cried whereas some went to whine and influence the lecturer who will correct the paper!

But… the VTU students answered…

2=TWO          10=TEN

Therefore, TWO/TEN=WO/EN

But according to the order of English alphabets order, W=23|O=15|E=5|N=14

Hence, W+O=38  and E+N=19

So, 38/19=2!!!!!! Hence Proved!

Proud and relieved to be studying under VTU and not under the institution’s autonomy. If you have more time to waste you can also read on how easily autonomy can make you a 9 point someone here.

Ok got go now and break my head again!!Au revoire..until we meet again…

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