VoiceLauncherBlazor

A Blazor Server application designed for voice-controlled development and accessibility, integrating with Talon Voice and Cursorless for hands-free coding. It includes a To-Do section and maintains speech recognition database tables for enhanced voice coding functionality, such as custom IntelliSense and application launching.

Features

• Voice Commands Management: Maintain database tables for speech recognition, enabling voice-triggered IntelliSense and commands in Visual Studio and VS Code.
• Application Launcher: Launch applications, folders, or websites by category or voice command.
• Popular Commands: Predefined voice commands for common coding tasks.
• To-Do Section: Basic task management.
• Accessibility: Optimized for hands-free use with Talon Voice and Cursorless.
• Hybrid Support: Includes a Blazor Hybrid WinForms project for desktop integration.

Project Structure

• VoiceAdmin: Main Blazor Server application (replaces the deprecated TalonVoiceCommandsServer).
• WinFormsApp: Blazor Hybrid WinForms project (Windows-only).
• DataAccessLibrary: EF Core with SQL Server for data access.
• TestProjectxUnit: Unit tests using XUnit.

Note: The TalonVoiceCommandsServer project is deprecated; its folder remains for historical reference and is marked with TalonVoiceCommandsServer/DEPRECATED.md.

Technologies

• Frontend: Blazor Server with Bootstrap for responsive UI.
• Backend: ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core.
• Database: SQL Server (T-SQL syntax).
• Tools: Talon Voice, Cursorless (VS Code extension), Visual Studio / VS Code.
• Testing: XUnit.

Development Setup

1. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/Mark-Phillipson/VoiceLauncherBlazor
2. Navigate to VoiceAdmin/.
3. Restore dependencies: dotnet restore
4. Build: dotnet build --configuration Debug
5. Run: dotnet run (runs on the configured port, check appsettings.json).

Publishing

For release/publishing instructions, see PUBLISHING.md in the repository root.

Database

• Uses SQL Server.
• Migrations: Create scripts via EF Core commands (do not run Update-Database directly).
• Example: dotnet ef migrations add MigrationName

Testing

Run tests: dotnet test in the TestProjectxUnit directory.

Screenshots

• Voice Command Main Form
• Action Voice Command Edit Form
• Launch by Category
• Social Links
• Popular Commands
• List of Languages

Contributing

• Follow component structure: Use .razor and .razor.cs files.
• Maintain accessibility with semantic HTML and aria- attributes.
• Test with Talon Voice and Cursorless.
• Use Bootstrap for styling.

License

See LICENSE file.