Re: G-code---for the new millenium

>I received an interesting offlist email recently from a gentleman who
>had "taught" his voice to text software (Dragon Naturally speaking)
>to type gcode when spoken to in the manner you describe!
>
>Okay, not quite, but he would say something like "make a line" and
>the software would type "G01". He mentioned that by using the "macro"
>capability of Dragon Nat speak, he could be more complex in his use;
>and get the program to allow alternating spoken/typed input (typing
>3.253 may be faster than saying three-point-two-five-three).
>
>But he ALSO said that since getting Dolphin Partmaster, he has not
>used his "speak-to-gcode" setup much...
>
>I have also used Dragon, and it intrigues me where this could lead.
>But for now at least, someone else will have to pursue it, as I'm
>pretty busy.