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Using ATC Window in VR

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Is there anyway to map the ATC options 1,2,3 etc to button presses?

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If you use FSUIPC you can map buttons to the ATC menu options, alternatively you could use the build in voice recognition.
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DaveG wrote:
03 May 2020, 12:38
If you use FSUIPC you can map buttons to the ATC menu options, alternatively you could use the build in voice recognition.
Yes, I've been looking at FSUIPC. I think VR is now the time to take the plunge. I quite like the idea of talking to ATC.
Cheers Dave.

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Just so you're clear, the voice recognition is built into p3d, not fsuipc!
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DaveG wrote:
03 May 2020, 15:04
Just so you're clear, the voice recognition is built into p3d, not fsuipc!
Blimey. Their best kept secret. I'll investigate. Thanks. :cheers:

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It's not documented very well. You need to edit the p3d.cfg to enable it. I'm not at the pc at the moment, but there is a line that reads "enable voice control" or similar. Set that to 1 and save. There's a limited number of voice controls by default but more can be added by editing the voice control phrases cfg file.
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Re: Using ATC Window in VR

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After a bit of googling I came across this example;

prepar3d.cfg

[STARTUP]
DEMO=0
STARTUP_DEMO=
LOAD_SCENARIO_TOOLS=1
LoadCorePlugins=1
LoadVirtualReality=1
EnableVirtualRealityOnStartup=0
EnableVoiceControl=1
LoadWindow=1

open Air Traffic Control, ATC, .9
close Air Traffic Control, ATC, .9
select option one, ATC_MENU_1, .9
select option two, ATC_MENU_2, .9
select option three, ATC_MENU_3, .9
select option four, ATC_MENU_4, .9
select option five, ATC_MENU_5, .9
select option six, ATC_MENU_6, .9
select option seven, ATC_MENU_7, .9
select option eight, ATC_MENU_8, .9
select option nine, ATC_MENU_9, .9
select option ten, ATC_MENU_0, .9

Seems the only tricky bit is getting P3D to respond to voice.
May have to turn windows voice off?

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I've used the voice recognition quite a bit. It does work pretty well. You may need to run though the built in Windows voice recognition training first though.
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I've long wanted to look into voice control and this might be the impetus to finally do so. However, I'm less concerned with P3D default commands as much as I am commanding the functions of the RFN [carrier] gauge. Does anyone know if it is generally possible to command third party addons in this way, before I sink time into it?

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You can only use the built in voice recognition to trigger standard P3d commands, so controlling custom gauges would be a no go I think. You may be able to do it with additional software like "voice attack" if you can assign key presses to the functions though. *-)
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