Recent reviews by Lensman

I have owned VoiceAttack since back in 2014. I use it on almost all of my space-centric games, Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, Homeworld, and STO.

The program will require a bit of windows setup to get speech recognition working just right for you, but that can take as little as 5-10 mins, depending on your computer and mike. If memory serves, i had everything installed and setup in under 30 mins, including multiple runthroughs of windows speech setup, (because i wanted to ensure i had a good starting point).

The community for this program is nothing short of FANTASTIC - and I do them all a great disservice by saying that. There are few words to describe just how helpful and encouraging I personally have found within this community. From having what I felt were dumb questions answered (and then re-answerd in a way I could understand as a non-programmer), to the wide variety of plugins and profiles shared, this community rivals that of Skyrim (which has a Voiceattack profile avaible), Homeworld, and Vampire the Masqurade: Bloodlines.

Profile creation was easy to figure out, I think the hardest part starting out was finding the right TTS voice, than I upgraded to a few free and paid voicepacks, most notably from HCS Voice Packs (shameless plug there i know).

Understanding the basic commands was realativly easy and hassle free. Moving on to more advanced commands was simply a matter of understanding the correct use of tolkens and in some cases, a post to the community provided a quick and timely answer. There are several demos available, which can be found on youtube from HCS Voice Packs that will also help make the learning curve a breeze.

On profiles - you will get out what you put in. There are profiles avaible for many games, especially Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen. and while the basic profiles will help and add a level of depth and ease to gameplay. A new user could use a basic program to help with everything from takeoff in elite dangerous to basic scanning of a planet. Voicepacks are available from multiple sources, both free and paid. and these can and will add more depth. Plugins are avaible that will allow you to play internet radio, operate a program such as spotify or pandora, or even play a custom playlist with either vlc or winamp. A new offering is called Game Music Packs, which while recent, has the possiblity of changing the way I use custom playlists and use custom music during gameplay. (but that last bit may be me staring into a crystal ball - but the possibility IS present).

That said, the true power of VoiceAttack is found when you modify a profile to suit your tastes, or create your own. you can do anthing from creating a command to play specific soundfiles at your command, to creating a truly custom and unique AI experience with VoiceAttack. Weather you want your ship's Ai to be R2D2, C3PO, Spock, Worf, BB-8 or K-2SO, Marvin, the Paranoid Android, or your own personal Vulcan Love Slave - all that is required is a little imagination, some study and (mostly easy), coding, and you will have the AI of your dreams.

For elite dangerous users,you will find a varitey of profiles readilly avaible wich contain abilties ranging from adding a jump counter to Plotting course & Map control, just to scratch the surface. Plugins will add even more flexibility and customizaton options - only your ability and imagination will limit you. (DISCLAIMER: The author of this post is in no way to be held responsible for times when ability and imagination do NOT see eye to eye. As such, he is forthwith to be held blameless and non-liable for any lost sleep, time away from family, pets, plants, outdoor activiteis, other hobbies, etc.).

"Immersion" is a term you will read alongside this program alot. We use it not because it is the correct term to describle the change we experience in gaming without it. We use it because it is the ONLY word that comes even remotely close to describling the joy it brings to the gaming experiences of those who love the program, and especially those who take the time to custom-create a profile for our favorite game(s).

In closing, I purchased a 2nd copy of VoiceAttack on steam the week of it's inital release. At the time, I had the ability to "trade-in" my current copy to get the program on steam. However after about 8 seconds of thought, I simply could find no better way to show the Developer my support and thanks for all the hard work and effort he's put into this program over the years. I feel that I got my money's worth years ago - buying a 2nd copy to say "thanks again" was a opportunity I could not pass up!