[Pidgin] #7489: Pidgin doesn't work with speech recognition features in Vista

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#7489: Pidgin doesn't work with speech recognition features in Vista
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 Reporter:  blakeyrat                  |        Owner:  lschiere       
     Type:  defect                     |       Status:  closed         
Milestone:                             |    Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.5.2                      |   Resolution:  wontfix        
 Keywords:  speech recognition, vista  |  
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Changes (by rekkanoryo):

  * status:  new => closed
  * resolution:  => wontfix
  * component:  unclassified => winpidgin (gtk)


Old description:

> Reproduction:
> 1) On Windows Vista, turn on Speech Recognition
> 2) Switch to an open Pidgin chat window
> 3) Say "start listening" to turn on listening, if it's not already on
> 4) Say "show numbers" to have Speech Recognition show the list of widgets
> it can interact with
> 5) Click in the message field to focus it
> 6) Say "I am dictating some text period"
>
> Expected Result:
> Every widget in the Pidgin chat window should have a number assigned. The
> message field should be appended with "I am dictating some text."
>
> Actual Result:
> Only the window frame widgets have numbers assigned, and no text it
> appended into the message field.
>
> It would be great to be able to use Vista's built-in speech recognition
> to send IMs and otherwise manipulate Pidgin chat window. I don't
> understand exactly why it doesn't work, but I'm guessing it has to do
> with using "look-alike" widgets instead of standard Windows widgets.
>
> I'd wager this bug presumably also applies to Microsoft Office's speech
> recognition in Office 2003 and Windows XP, but I don't have that
> configuration available to test.
>
> Attachments:
> * The result of "Show Numbers" in a typical application (Firefox.) Notice
> how every widget is overlaid with a number, indicating that Speech
> Recognition is able to interact with every widget.
> * The result of "Show Numbers" on a Pidgin chat window. The Buddy List
> window has a similar appearance; only the window controls are numbered.

New description:

 Reproduction:
  1. On Windows Vista, turn on Speech Recognition
  2. Switch to an open Pidgin chat window
  3. Say "start listening" to turn on listening, if it's not already on
  4. Say "show numbers" to have Speech Recognition show the list of widgets
 it can interact with
  5. Click in the message field to focus it
  6. Say "I am dictating some text period"

 Expected Result:

 Every widget in the Pidgin chat window should have a number assigned. The
 message field should be appended with "I am dictating some text."

 Actual Result:

 Only the window frame widgets have numbers assigned, and no text it
 appended into the message field.

 It would be great to be able to use Vista's built-in speech recognition to
 send IMs and otherwise manipulate Pidgin chat window. I don't understand
 exactly why it doesn't work, but I'm guessing it has to do with using
 "look-alike" widgets instead of standard Windows widgets.

 I'd wager this bug presumably also applies to Microsoft Office's speech
 recognition in Office 2003 and Windows XP, but I don't have that
 configuration available to test.

 Attachments:
  * The result of "Show Numbers" in a typical application (Firefox.) Notice
 how every widget is overlaid with a number, indicating that Speech
 Recognition is able to interact with every widget.
  * The result of "Show Numbers" on a Pidgin chat window. The Buddy List
 window has a similar appearance; only the window controls are numbered.

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Comment:

 This is not something we can fix.  Either Microsoft needs to fix their
 speech software to interact with GTK+ applications, or GTK+ needs to fix
 their Windows support such that Microsoft's speech software can interact
 with it.

 I'm closing this as "wontfix" but in reality it's "cantfix".

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