VoiceBot

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Voicebot is a great piece of software that makes gaming much more fun.

I have recently switched to Windows 11 which I hate. However, the one good thing about Windows 11 is that Voicebot works really well with it. Voicebot is the only reason I can think of for switching to Windows 11.

You have to give the command several times over like a demented person. Just don't rock back and forth in frustration, if you want to avoid a discussion about your mental health with your housemate.

Some of the interpretations of what you are saying are hilariously ludicrous.
Like auto-correct on acid for your voice.
Not much fun when you're trying to affect the "landing gear" and it insists what you really need is "lantern ears."

Love this app. I originally bought it years ago, to use when playing Star Trek Online. Just like being the captain in the tv show. I found it useful for many other games since then.

I downloaded the demo after watching someone on twitch using it. After a few hours of using voicebot with GTA 4 and 5, I decided to buy it. As someone with one working hand, I can say this is a useful and fun way to play games (especially the ones with little to no controller support). Its so satisfying to say a word or phrase and voicebot "presses" the button you assigned it

I have one MAJOR complaint about this software.

I play flight sims and other games where my main interface is NOT the keyboard. I need to be able to assign "hot keys" from other sources besides my keyboard.

What I need is to be able to assign a hot key to my flight stick or throttle (HOTAS) or race wheel instead of the keyboard so I can access voice commands easier.

I cannot recommend this software for any game where the keyboard is not your main interface.

I will update this if and when they implement hot keys on other devices besides the keyboard.

There is a free/trial version which works with up to 5x game profiles. Try that first, it is daft not to, the free version does not expire so you have plenty of time to give it a good work out.
Any settings you make, profiles created or or downloaded in your free version will be saved and appear in the paid or steam version whan you purchase it later.

Here's the comparison chart for Free and Pro versions
https://www.voicebot.net/Compare/

Here's the download page
https://www.voicebot.net/Download/

License Terms:
Pro 3, Steam version license is personal or company, unlimited computers, primary user is you and Steam is installed) Lifetime license valid for all future versions.

Does it work well?
A lot better than just using windows speech recognition macros by themselves, as it ignores anything you say which is not a proper command in the game or application voicebot is currently focussed on and it has a sensible, plain and un-fussy interface for setting things up and making new profiles.
Microsoft voice recognition software built into windows can be a bit mediocre with some accents, so it may take a little bit of time to "learn" your voice when you first use it.


Not just for games:
Great with Steam Big Picture and not just for gaming either, eg Kodi Netflix Skype Spotify, Windows of course, and there are pre made profiles for all of these and plenty more which you can use out of the box or modify to suit yourself, then share with other users if you like to.

example of downloadable profiles: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=954246951
I've used the free version a lot and it is easy to configure it for most games or applications that I have tried it with.

One very useful feature is Global Macros to provide always-on commands, like 'close window', 'volume up', 'mute', 'lock desktop' etc. Useful common Global Macros are included, or you can create your own. Global Macros work all the time, even with another game profile loaded.

Way too good for what I paid. I'd been looking for a simple, yet efficient voice command software for so long I'd given up. They were either too over complicated or too expensive for my needs. I suddenly found this hanging around Steam and it was the best thing ever.

Program works great. You must train windows voice to understand you for it to work better. The software lets you make profiles for any program and use voice commands to activate functions or keys for you. I use it for Elite Dangerous and it makes things SO MUCH BETTER! Complex actions become super easy and you dont even need to memorize keys anymore. Sometimes using the keyboard is faster, but depending on the game or situation, using your voice is a better option.


Additional Note: Screaming at your computer when friends and family walkin and they know your not talking to anybody....Then you explain...they laugh at you...Hmmm next day I see Little Timmy and friends have this in their steam list....

I am finally able to do a review on this wonderful program.

First off, I'm a big fan of the old sidewinder game voice and I was desperatley looking for something that would give me that kind of functionality. Back in the 90's I was using it for age of empires to string some commands together and to allow my hands to do more important things like controlling my army. It worked alright I guess but you have to realize that it was on an old Dell 850mhz pentium III with a 64MB Nvidia graphics card. This card had no fan, just a heatsink and I did manage to burn it up. I was in a huge 8 player battle and we could have 200 units each and I guess the card just couldn't handle it. I did notice a slow down but kept on playing like an idiot. Then my pc froze and it would not boot. The card was fried.

Back to the review after the nostalgia of the 90's.

So now, many of you are asking. What is my use of voicebot? Sure, some might say "yeah he's using it to shutdown the pc, to copy and paste and just basic day to day tasks cause he's too lazy to type anymore". That's not true. I love to type.

I have two games that I use this for at the moment. Diablo 2 and F1 2013.

In Diablo 2 when playing single player you can make an item with rare runes called "Call to Arms". This awesome weapon has +1 to all skills and +4 to battle orders (lots of extra life) and +4 to battle command (adds +2 to all skills). With all that goes on in the game, I found it to be tedious, having switch weapons and then to run those two skills which do have a time limit on them and then I would come back to battle. The battle is more important than key presses obviously. All I needed to do was say, "BO" and the commands were executed in the order that I wanted. It does take some patience and experimenting to get it to do what you want to do because some games do require a delay simply because of variable ping.

I'll put the script down here to show what has to go on for my "Call to Arms" to work properly when using a voice command to activate it.

First I say "BO" Then all this stuff happens.

press and release key: W(200ms) // This does the weapon switch that is required.
press and release key: F(200ms) // This is to select Battle Orders. Life increase for you and party.
press and release Mousebutton:Right Mouse Click (200ms) // This is to execute Battle Orders.
press and release key:G (200ms) // This is to select Battle Command + 2 to all skills
press and release Mousebutton:Right Mouse Click (200ms) // This is to execute Battle Command
Delay (500ms) // This was added because the game is not as fast at taking commands as Voicebot is giving them.
press and release key: W (200ms) // This is the Weapon Switch again to switch back to the primary weapon.

Then I'm fighting again. When I had to do that manually I would only do it so often because it's just too many key presses. Now I do it any time that my character's blue(Battle Orders) and yellow(Battle Command) auras stop. It takes maybe a second and a half to get all of the commands done.

This is very cool for a game you want to play with joypad, but.. there are more buttons and you need access to the keyboard.

Example I use it for Elite Dangerouse :)

Very easy to set up, and gives good results however it sometimes confuses sounds - so best played alone, without someone else to talk too.

First, I recommend you do a test, get the software from http://www.voicebot.net/ and try to use before buy.

In my case I did it and things worked OK. I did a first test with Euro Truck Simulator 2, got a premade profile, edit somethings for my use, play with VoiceBot for about 5 hours and like the experience. Then I bought the full version here on steam.
Few days ago I started to play S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl. I made a profile for my use and It's very good for the immersion in the game. I can keep my left hand with WASD, right hand on mouse, and use my voice to call PDA, inventory, map, etc. I shared this profile on VoiceBot too, and receive email from support confirmation about my profile are now available for other users and a message of thanks. I like the support, it seems they are very polite and keep attention for their customers.
It was very easy for me to do my first profile, it's a very simple task. Maybe in future I try to make more powerfull macros, if I need. It's simple to learn, and you can use some premade profiles to get an idea.

English is not my native language, but beside that, I can achieve a high rate of success in word recognition with VoiceBot. Until now, I had difficulty only with some specific words, like "take", I don't know if it's related with an actual lake of skill in right pronunciation or not, but I solved the issue just using another word.

Overall, I can give a 9/10 for this awesome software. I think it's very helpfull to improve the experience and immersion with some type of games.

I love this software! I thought it would be years before I could give my computer a butler name (Alfred) and make it do work with Voice commands. For only $9 this is awesome.
Pros:
-Cheap
-Fun to use
-Easy to set up new profiles or commands
-Global and Local profile commands
-Works well for what I need
-Tons of premade profiles for games to choose from
-The developers are active in the discussion boards

Cons:
-Takes time to train the computer to you
-Commands have a slight delay
-Longer commands are harder to make work (I'll update this when I get some more time in the trainer.)

I think VoiceBot is a really nifty utility and may help add a new level of playability with some games and could also be helpful with a variety of software.

If deciding to get VoiceBot, as it works with using the Windows Speech Recognition feature, I would suggest to first go into the settings, click on the Speech Setup button then go through wizards for “Set up microphone” then “Train your computer to better understand you”. This can take a few minutes to do, but it can help to ensure that VoiceBot will better be able to understand your spoken voice commands.

I grabbed VoiceBot recently and so far (as I post this review) I’ve only yet made profiles to work with a couple of programs (such as my FireFox Browser and a media-player) along with trying it with a couple of games.

There is a slight delay when speaking a voice-commands and when the command is performed, but I think that VoiceBot could work great with some games or simulators (perhaps games or sims that are more slower paced, casual or turn-based) that may have a lot of key-commands and don’t require very quick reactions of pressing of keys.

And though VoiceBot can also be set-up to do mouse-actions (mouse-button clicks and mouse-movements), if a game requires quick and precise use of the mouse then I think it may be better control the mouse with your hand instead in that case.

Overall, I’m quite impressed with VoiceBot, it's been working good for me so far and I think I will be using it often for helping me to use or play some software and games. I think it's really cool and fun to use! :D

PS: Below is a video I made of me playing the Legend of Grimrock game and using VoiceBot to recognize my voice-commands to perform the various game controls (with the exception of the mouse controls):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlLJnOsUz-w

Voicebot is nice because i can set it up to open my internet broswer and my normal pages that i open. For a game like KF2 for example i have some basic setup to reload when i say load or srint when i say run and stop when i say walk. Throw a grenade when i say throw and other things.

you can make some complicated macros. im sure if i took the time to setup i could control a factions production in coh2 mostly by voice without haviong to remeber keys.

Amazing, I've played Magicka 2 with this and casting any spells or even elements by speaking out loud is so satisfying. Also you can use it for desktop so opening all your social networks with a single command or if you are a developer like me, opening your visual studio solution etc. is great. With this price I highly recommend this.

Just bought it and using it for CS GO.
I configured it to throw different grenades, depending on what I say:
When I say "fire", it automatically selects the molotov and throws it.
Same with "flash", "grenade", "decoy", "smoke".

This tool has unlimited power, it's just for us to discover the limits :)

Been trying this with the Witcher 3 and it works great for casting signs and using food/potions.

Best of all now I can call "Roach" and my horse appears...

I ran into a first initial problem almost instantly; Although this is not the fault of the maker of this software, having my windows set in Dutch apparently doesn't give me a voice recognision update for windows or anything, which basically renders this entire program useless since its dependant on it, i can either reinstal my entire windows, making a back up of 800gb+ of whatever i got on my pc, or sadly dont use this program for the moment.

I will keep searching for answers and how to (which i shall update here when i find something) but in the meantime, first check your windows (if its not set in english) if it has voice recognision.

in its plus points though, it looks like it will be of great use if you get it to work.

Worth my money! Made a profile for Crunchyroll, it's an animewebsite that autoplays the next episode but it leaves the video small. This has always been one of my biggest first world problems, thanks to Voicebot I just shout BIG SCREEN from my bed or sofa and I can enjoy my videos without getting up. 300% increase in laziness-efficiency.

I've also been using it for a couple of games, like ending my turn in 4X games. "TURN" and done.
This is one of those softwares that will grow on you and throughout your life you'll find more and more uses for it.

Perfect because you get a lifelong license too :D

I recommend this software.

PS: I give the Dev a big 10/10, I found a bug that kept me from making my crunchyroll macro and it was fixed by the next day. Great support c:

I will be updating the review as I progress. So far most well known games could be easily downloaded with presets macros. The voice recognition doesnt work 100% of the time for me, (I do have an accent comparing to the american so yeah probably that) Basically all commands you can access in csgo you can simply talk out load and bot will write it to others in game as well as extras such as grabbing a flashbang, smoke, walk, back etc. Didnt made new profile with macros yet, neither I could figure out how to control windows just as in the demo video as you need a profile but there is no preset for windows to be available for download as I can see. I don't really care about 8 euros I wasted on this software so if you are tight on money you might want to wait for more reviews and videos to check out as this one in steam doesnt explain shit!

Edit: I placed it as a start up programme and it doesnt adds the time to the steam counter anymore.
My microphone is actually picking up my typing so it sometimes does weird things like "F" "knife" "S"out of nowhere. Once I forgot to turn it off and start playign Competitive in CS:GO and had knife poping out in sticky situations = MAKE SURE YOUR MIC is set up properly!
I get to download new version every day or two as far as I remember so devs are doing their job (updates/fixes).