ryry wrote:
If you have to use your hands anyways, what is the point of using voice control...
yk you could say "confirm" after it repeats it back to you
Voice control: confirming move
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Jan 13, 2026
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#4
I use voice control because I have motor skills issues, so voice control helps me a lot. Sure, I can use my hands, but the problem is that sometimes I click without being able to control the movement. I don't want my health to prevent me from playing. And I'm sure I'm not the only one in this situation.
Jan 13, 2026
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#6
So I'm going to try to create my own system, having been a computer developer. I had already started, in fact and I thought that would be enough. I can still type on a keyboard, and a wrong click has no impact; it can be corrected.
Jan 14, 2026
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#7
Fighter-71_FR wrote:
So I'm going to try to create my own system, having been a computer developer. I had already started, in fact and I thought that would be enough. I can still type on a keyboard, and a wrong click has no impact; it can be corrected.
good idea. are u using tampermonkey
Jan 14, 2026
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#8
No, I do it with voice recognition software. I say the starting square, the cursor moves to that square and simulates a click, then I say the destination square, the cursor does the same thing and the move is made. What I'm trying to do is say the starting square, the destination square and make the move. My system works, but it needs to be faster. I have also included a chessboard setting (which takes about 10 seconds) for white and one for black. This is necessary for it to work on any chessboard on any website.
Jan 15, 2026
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#10
SpringPow wrote:
yes but how does it interact with chess.com
if I'm understanding it correctly, each chess.com square might be coded to correspond to a coordinate on a computer. I just realized though, that might look really suspicious if chess.com can detect that, cause it may look like a cheating software if something is moving the mouse that isn't you.
Jan 16, 2026
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#11
EnCroissantIsBrilliant, it's ME who command, MY VOICE takes the place of the mouse, we can say that my voice is a virtual mouse. Of course, there is coding, but the voice control of chess is due to a coding too. All features are due to coding. Maybe chess.com uses java or python, i use voiceattack, a software based on voice recognition. In the chess.com control voice, It's the same thing, it's my voice that causes the move (i've tried it, but with my french accent...), yet it's not considered cheating. Moreover, there are extensions for Chrome that do the same thing, and I think chess.com must be aware of this. I'd be happy to use their system, but only when there's a French translation.
Jan 16, 2026
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Fighter-71_FR wrote:
EnCroissantIsBrilliant, it's ME who command, MY VOICE takes the place of the mouse, we can say that my voice is a virtual mouse. Of course, there is coding, but the voice control of chess is due to a coding too. All features are due to coding. Maybe chess.com uses java or python, i use voiceattack, a software based on voice recognition. In the chess.com control voice, It's the same thing, it's my voice that causes the move (i've tried it, but with my french accent...), yet it's not considered cheating. Moreover, there are extensions for Chrome that do the same thing, and I think chess.com must be aware of this. I'd be happy to use their system, but only when there's a French translation.
Sorry, I had just meant your voice controls it but it moves the mouse pointer. I know there are some chrome extensions already that you don't get banned for using. I wonder how chess.com detects bad extensions that help people cheat from good ones like yours.
Jan 16, 2026
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#13
No worries.
To be honest, I have Parkinson's disease and I refuse to let it stop me from playing, which is why I created another system while waiting for their system (which is well designed and will be very useful for people who speak English fluently) to eventually have a French version.
Personally, I use voice control whenever I can. But sometimes the wrong piece is moved (due to mispronunciation, for example), and that can cause you to lose the game. It would be nice to be able to create a setting to confirm or cancel the move (as in 1-day or 3-day games), for example when you release the space bar. It wastes a little time, but if it can prevent a disastrous move, it's worth it.