Voice recognition and Qt has been around for a while now. IBM's ViaVoice was ported to KDE and was being ported to Trolltech's phone software suite Qtopia at the time that I became the Qtopia Community Liaison in 2003. Consequently, it was worked on by the same developer who later dreamed-up what became Qt Quick. While the concept has essentially stayed the same, the technology has gotten better, and now you can find voice control in many different devices, including automobiles.
There are many competing systems, such as Alexa, Google Voice, Cortana, and Siri, as well as some open source APIs. Combined with voice search, voice input is an invaluable tool.
At the time of writing, Qt Company and one of its partners, Integrated Computer Solutions (ICS), have announced that they are working together on integrating the Amazon Alexa system with Qt. I have...
