Over the years I've attempted to use a number of voice recognition software, some specifically designed for games such as VR Commander (and other I can't think of right now) and others specifically designed for dictation or business tool. I game up trying to use it in games a long time ago it never really worked out well for me. But recently (2 weeks ago) I tried the latest version of some of the better apps and I was surprised at how well it worked. Unfortunately they ALL had a downside. The software that worked best, was very configurable and FREE didn't work on Vista. The software that worked on Vista was reliable and would often incorrectly hear what I said. I tried the Vista built-in speech recognition control but it didn't allow me to write custom controlls (Macros).

My last attempt was to borrow Dragon Naturally Speaking 9.5 from work over the weekend. As this is designed for business use I wasn't expecting this to work well at all. Immediately it worked on Vista without fault, I was able to write custom controls (Macros) and after 15 minutes of training it was recognising almost 100% of the voice commands I gave. The only down side was the speed at which I processed the commands. Unfortunately it took anywhere between 2-5 seconds from hearing the command before it would action it. And when I say "HEAL ME" I expect my priest to heal me immediately. When I tell my priest to "FADE" I don't want her sitting there getting beat on for 5 seconds before she finally fades.

Long story short (if at all possible at this point), after playing around with a number of settings I've been able to reduce the recognition time to 1 - 1.5 seconds. So when I say "D I PRIEST" when I have 500 HPs left it works out well. Also being able to write macros has been a huge bonus. When I say an attack sequence I don't have to worry about the 5 timed spells it casts or when I tell the priest to "COMBAT HEAL ME" I don't have to worry about pressing Shield, Renew, Greater Heal. "FROST TRAP, BACKUP, DISTRACTING SHOT, ASSIST ME, AIMED SHOT, PET ATTACK" is simply "Hunter Salvo One".

Voice control is probably a lazy way to dual box, but its a smart way. And having every spell for all 4 classes available to me allows me greater control.