Voice Control Tutorial

Learn how to use voice commands for hands-free interaction with CatGo.

Overview

CatGo supports voice input via Whisper (local speech-to-text) and voice output via text-to-speech, enabling conversational interaction.

Step 1: Enable Voice

Open the Gesture Settings pane and enable voice input. Select your microphone.

Step 2: Speech-to-Text Setup

Whisper Engine

CatGo uses a local Whisper model for privacy-preserving speech recognition. The model is downloaded on first use.

Step 3: Voice Commands

Structure Commands

• "Rotate left/right/up/down"
• "Zoom in/out"
• "Reset view"
• "Show bonds/labels/axes"

Atom Art

• "Place a carbon atom"
• "Add oxygen here"
• "Build a benzene ring"

Analysis Commands

• "Compute RDF"
• "Show band structure"
• "Optimize structure"

Step 4: Text-to-Speech Response

CatGo responds with voice feedback for executed commands.

Step 5: Customize

Adjust voice activation sensitivity, language, and TTS voice in settings.

Related

• Voice Control Module — Architecture reference
• Gesture Tracking — Combine with hand gestures
• Atom Art Module — Voice-driven atom placement