Developing Great Hands-Free Applications — Part 1
This article started to get a little long, so I split it up. See Part 2.
I started working with Hands-Free wearable technology back in 2008. My tiny software consultancy was approached through some work we did on Windows SideShow (…long story). The requirement was:
How to control Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations using a Hands-Free Device?
We decided to take on the challenge and started working with Microsoft and the Kopin Golden-i 3.5 (sidebar, my company was later acquired by Kopin and we kept on working with them on great technology).
The Golden-i devices are completely Hands-Free, speech operated and, back in 2008 were running Microsoft Windows CE 5.
10+ years later, the platforms may have changed but the rules have not. I discovered that creating applications for these devices is completely different from developing for touch and here’s what I learned.
1. Speech Only
This is the big one so let’s get it out of the way first. There’s no touch screen. This may be obvious but it’s…
