Strange Loop Conference
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39:26 · 59K views · Oct 13, 2023
Pokey Rule presents Cursorless, a spoken language designed for editing code by voice, built on tree-sitter parsing with smart structural and simple token-level primitives. The talk is from Strange Loop 2023.
HN recommends it as the best overview of Cursorless, likened to vim with your voice, and relevant to accessibility and voice coding discussions.
6 comments from Hacker News
Kinda related, but this reminded me of the guy who made a voice controlled text editing language. It's kinda like vim with your voice. Super cool talk here: this video
If you want a general overview of cursorless, along with seeing what it looks like in practice, the talk from Strange Loop this year was great: this video
Traditional physical keyboard options: * Spend $$ for apl specific keyboard [0] * Standard keyboard modifications: use macros/insert unicode chacters via keyboard[1]; stickers[2], change keycaps. --- " ... another way?" : Most things in life can be approached in different ways (doesn't mean it's practical / realistic for given situation). "setting up keyobard layout": No, but do need to pick a specific method/approach to use. Some examples: a) Cursorless[3] uses spoken language to edit code. b) Using and IDE/editor that does apl auto complete [4] c) Pick from on-screen keyboard doesn't require a physical keyboard setup. Knowing the layout of the virutal screen keyboard may help to quickly find/narrow down the key(s) for selection (eyeball, mouse) --------- Above results found with basic web search. --------- [0] : [LINK] [1] :a) [LINK] :b) [LINK] :c) [LINK] :d) [LINK] [2] : [LINK] [3] : cursorless (audio editor) : this video [4] : [LINK] ***
treesitter[1] is one behind the scenes approach to 'blocking' text to reduced/hi-light what is under review. VSCode is one program that makes use of treesitter. Related alternate discussions of editors using treesitter aerial.neovim[2] / outline.vim[3]. One can setup voice equivalents of macro's to do the verbal equivalent of regular expression(s) to search/sound out tagged list of sections of interest to further voice in detail. Cursorless[4][5][6] AI assistant with jetbrains[7] speach related editing sources: "Ask HN: What are the best / most accessible languages for blind programmers?" covers some ideas.[0] ---- [0] : [LINK] [1] : [LINK] [2] : [LINK] [3] : [LINK] [4] : Cursorless talk : this video [5] Cursorless : [LINK] [6] : cursorless examples : [LINK] / [LINK] [7] : [LINK]
=== unicorn[0] fits in the 'easy to keep everything in memory' mental model language department without loosing expressiveness/power. language documentation page[3]. --- very high level / 6th generation level language. Makes extensive use of generators for doing goal directed programming. === Cursorless is spoken editor[1]. Throat mike useful in cubical office.[2] --- type one thing. speak another. X2 productivity. === [0] : [LINK] --- [1] : this video --- [2] : [LINK] --- [3] : [LINK] --- ===