Voice Commands - Quadstick FPS User Manual

Voice Commands

Voice commands are an optional feature of the Quadstick. The Quadstick Manager Program
works with Dragon Naturally Speaking through a pair of programs called
Both are free programs. There is a signed installer for the Vocola/Natlink package on the
Quadstick.com website.
The lowest cost Home version of Dragon Naturally Speaking 12 or 13 may be used.
The QMP receives voice commands that have been converted from short phrases to a
Quadstick specific commands that are defined in text files with the extension VCL and VCH.
VCL stands for Voice Control Language. A VCL file is associated with a specific program by
matching the name of the file with the name of the program. The QuadStick.vcl file, which was
installed as part of the Vocola package, contains the voice commands for the QMP. Individual
game voice files are contained in VCH files which are imported by the VCL file.
The commands are sent through a serial connection, either via Bluetooth, a serial cable
connected to the Input jack or when "Commands over USB" is enabled, to the Quadstick from a
Windows PC.
The commands that are available are always shown in the center column of the Voice tab in the
QMP:
playstation buttons names:
cross | circle | square | triangle
left one, two, three | right one, two, three
xbox button names:
alpha | action | bravo | yankee | xray
left button, trigger, stick | right button, trigger, stick
D-Pad: north | south | east | west
north east | south east | south west | north
west
home | select | start | share | pause
Button modifiers [optional parameter]:
<button name> [<pct>] [for <sec> seconds]
[hold | release | toggle] <button name>
<button name> [on | off | toggle]
[repeat] <button name> [# times] # default to 10
Vocola
Analog sticks
Left Stick: player | move
Right Stick: look | camera | view
Direction: up | down | left | right
<stick> <direction>
<stick> <direction> [<pct>] [for <sec> seconds]
Quadstick operational control
Reset | stop # releases all buttons
Mode <mode #>
reboot quad stick
and Natlink.
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