Talon configs for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Very much in progress. This is also intended to work with both Dragon Naturally Speaking and wav2letter.
Notes:
- commands are subject to change. We do our best to minimize changes, but we are moving to an [object][verb] standard slowly but surely.
- @knausj85 makes extensive use of Talon's eye tracking features, so the grammar for certain programs may be much smaller than you may require.
- The repository was mostly developed with Dragon, so commands are mostly still optimized for that speech engine.
Clone repo into ~/.talon/user
cd ~/.talon/user
git clone https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon knausj_talon
Alternatively, access the directory by right clicking the Talon icon in taskbar, clicking Scripting>Open ~/talon, and navigating to user.
The folder structure should look something like the below:
~/.talon/user/knausj_talon
~/.talon/user/knausj_talon/apps
~/.talon/user/knausj_talon/core
~/.talon/user/knausj_talon/lang
~/.talon/user/knausj_talon/plugin
~/.talon/user/knausj_talon/tags
~/.talon/user/knausj_talon/test
...
Clone repo into %AppData%\Talon\user
cd %AppData%\Talon\user
git clone https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon knausj_talon
Alternatively, access the directory by right clicking the Talon icon in taskbar, clicking Scripting>Open ~/talon, and navigating to user.
The folder structure should look something like the below:
%AppData%\Talon\user\knausj_talon
%AppData%\Talon\user\knausj_talon\apps
%AppData%\Talon\user\knausj_talon\core
%AppData%\Talon\user\knausj_talon\lang
%AppData%\Talon\user\knausj_talon\plugin
%AppData%\Talon\user\knausj_talon\tags
%AppData%\Talon\user\knausj_talon\test
...
help active
will display the available commands for the active application.- Available commands can change with the application, or even window title that has focus.
- You may navigate help using the displayed numbers. e.g.,
help one one
orhelp eleven
to open the 11th item in the help list. - Without opening help first, you can also search for commands e.g.
help search tab
to display all tab-related commands - Without opening help first, you can also jump immediately into a particular help context display by recalling the name displayed in help window (based on the name of the .talon file) e.g.
help symbols
orhelp visual studio
- All help-related commands are defined in misc/help.talon and misc/help_open.talon
help alphabet
will display the alphabetcommand history
will toggle a display of the recent commandshelp format
will display the available formatters with examples.- Many useful, basic commands are defined in https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/master/core/edit/standard.talon
undo that
andredo that
are the default undo/redo commands.paste that
,copy that
, andcut that
for pasting/copy/cutting, respectively.
- For community-generated documentation on Talon itself, please visit https://talon.wiki/
It's recommended to learn the alphabet first, then get familiar with the keys, symbols, formatters, mouse, and generic_editor commands.
Once you have the basics of text input down, try copying some code from one window to another.
After that, explore using ordinal repetition for easily repeating a command without pausing (e.g., saying go up fifth
will go up five lines), window switching (focus chrome
), and moving around in your text editor of choice.
If you use vim, just start with the numbers and alphabet, otherwise look at generic_editor.talon as well at jetbrains, vscode, and any other integrations.
The alphabet is defined here https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/core/keys/keys.py#L3
help alphabet
will open a window that displays the alphabet. help close
to hide the window.
Try saying e.g. air bat cap
to insert abc.
Keys are defined in keys.py. The alphabet is used for A-Z. For the rest, search for modifier_keys
and then keep scrolling through the file, eg. roughly https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/core/keys/keys.py#L111
All key commands are defined in keys.talon. For example, say shift air
to press shift-a
, which types a capital A
.
On Windows, try commands such as
-
control air
to presscontrol-a
and select all. -
super-shift-sun
to presswindows-shift-s
to trigger the screenshot application (Windows 10). Then tryescape
to exit the screenshot application.
On Mac, try commands such as
-
command air
to presscommand-a
and select all. -
control shift command 4
to pressctrl-shift-cmd-4
to trigger the screenshot application. Then tryescape
to exit the screenshot application. Please note the order of the modifiers doesn't matter.
Any combination of the modifiers, symbols, alphabet, numbers and function keys can be executed via voice to execute shorcuts. Modifier keys can be tapped using press
, for example press control
to tap the control key by itself.
Some symbols are defined in keys.py, so you can say e.g. control colon
to press those keys.
https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/core/keys/keys.py#L140
Some other symbols are defined here: https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/plugin/symbols/symbols.talon
help format
will display the available formatters with examples of the output.
Try using formatters by saying e.g. snake hello world
, which will insert hello_world
Multiple formatters can be used together, e.g. dubstring snake hello world
. This will insert "hello_world"
Formatters (snake, dubstring) are defined here https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/core/text/formatters.py#L137
All formatter-related commands are defined here https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/core/text/text.talon#L8
See https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/plugin/mouse/mouse.talon
https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/core/edit/edit.talon
These generic commands are global. Commands such as go word left
will work in any text box.
For repeating commands, useful voice commands are defined here: https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/plugin/repeater/repeater.talon
Try saying e.g. go up fifth
will go up five lines.
Try saying e.g. select up third
to hit shift-up
three times to select some lines in a text field.
Global window managment commands are defined here: https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/core/windows_and_tabs/window_management.talon
running list
will toggle a GUI list of words you can say to switch to running applications.focus chrome
will focus the chrome application.launch music
will launch the music application. Note this is currently only implemented on Mac OS X.
https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/plugin/screenshot/screenshot.talon
Specific programming languages may be activated by voice commands, or via title tracking.
Activating languages via commands will enable the commands globally, e.g. they'll work in any application. This will also disable the title tracking method (code.language in .talon files) until the "clear language modes" voice command is used.
The commands for enabling languages are defined here: https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/core/modes/language_modes.talon
By default, title tracking activates coding languages in supported applications such as VSCode, Visual Studio (requires plugin), and Notepad++.
To enable title tracking for your application:
- The active filename (including extension) must be included in the editor's title
- Implement the required Talon-defined
filename
action to correctly extract the filename from the programs's title. See https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/apps/vscode/vscode.py#L122-L138 for an example.
Python, C#, Talon and javascript language support is currently broken up into several tags in an attempt to define a common grammar where possible between languages. Each tag is defined by a .talon file, which defines the voice commands, and a Python file which declares the actions that should be implemented by each concrete language implementation to support those voice commands. Currently, the tags which are available are:
lang/tags/comment_block.{talon,py}
- block comments (e.g., C++'s/* */
)lang/tags/comment_documentation.{talon,py}
- documentation comments (e.g., Java's/** */
)lang/tags/comment_line.{talon,py}
- line comments (e.g., Python's#
)lang/tags/data_null.{talon,py}
- null & null checks (e.g., Python'sNone
)lang/tags/data_bool.{talon,py}
- booleans (e.g., Haskell'sTrue
)lang/tags/functions.{talon,py}
- functions and definitionslang/tags/functions_common.{talon,py}
- common functions (also includes a GUI for picking functions)lang/tags/imperative.{talon,py}
- statements (e.g.,if
,while
,switch
)lang/tags/libraries.{talon,py}
- libraries and importslang/tags/libraries_gui.{talon,py}
- graphical helper for common librarieslang/tags/object_oriented.{talon,py}
- objects and classes (e.g.,this
)lang/tags/operators_array.{talon,py}
- array operators (e.g., Ruby'sx[0]
)lang/tags/operators_assignment.{talon,py}
- assignment operators (e.g., C++'sx += 5
)lang/tags/operators_bitwise.{talon,py}
- bitwise operators (e.g., C'sx >> 1
)lang/tags/operators_lambda.{talon,py}
- anonymous functions (e.g., JavaScript'sx => x + 1
)lang/tags/operators_math.{talon,py}
- numeric, comparison, and logical operatorslang/tags/operators_pointer.{talon,py}
- pointer operators (e.g., C's&x
)
The support for the language-specific implementations of actions are then located in:
lang/{your-language}/{your-language}.py
To start support for a new language, ensure the appropriate extension is added to the language_extensions
in language_modes.py.
Then create the following files:
lang/{your-language}/{your-language}.py
lang/{your-language}/{your-language}.talon
Activate the appropriate tags in {your-language}.talon
and implement the corresponding actions in {your-language}.py
, following existing language implementations.
If you wish to add additional voice commands for your language, put those in {your-language}.talon
.
You may also want to add a force command to language_modes.talon
.
For the following file manager commands to work, your file manager must display the full folder path in the title bar. https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/tags/file_manager/file_manager.talon
For Mac OS X's Finder, run this command in terminal to display the full path in the title.
defaults write com.apple.finder _FXShowPosixPathInTitle -bool YES
For Windows Explorer, follow these directions https://www.howtogeek.com/121218/beginner-how-to-make-explorer-always-show-the-full-path-in-windows-8/
For the Windows command line, the refresh title
command will force the title to the current directory, and all directory commands (follow 1
) will automatically update the title.
Notes:
• Both Windows Explorer and Finder hide certain files and folder by default, so it's often best to use the imgui to list the options before issuing commands.
• If there no hidden files or folders, and the items are displayed in alphabetical order, you can typically issue the follow <number>
, file <number>
and open <number>
commands based on the displayed order.
To implement support for a new program, you need to implement the relevant file manager actions for your application and assert the user.file_manager tag.
- There are a number of example implementations in the repository. Finder is a good example to copy and customize to your application as needed. https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/master/apps/finder/finder.py
Many terminal programs are supported out of the box, but you may not want all the commands enabled.
To disable various commandsets in your terminal, find the relevant talon file and enable/disable the tags for command sets as appropriate.
tag(): user.file_manager
tag(): user.git
tag(): user.kubectl
tag(): user.tabs
For instance, kubectl commands (kubernetes) aren't relevant to everyone.
For Jetbrains commands to work you must install https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/10504-voice-code-idea into each editor.
Several options are configurable via a single settings file out of the box. Any setting can be made context specific as needed (e.g., per-OS, per-app, etc).
https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/settings.talon
#adjust the scale of the imgui to my liking
imgui.scale = 1.3
# enable if you'd like the picker gui to automatically appear when explorer has focus
user.file_manager_auto_show_pickers = 0
#set the max number of command lines per page in help
user.help_max_command_lines_per_page = 50
# set the max number of contexts display per page in help
user.help_max_contexts_per_page = 20
# The default amount used when scrolling continuously
user.mouse_continuous_scroll_amount = 80
#stop continuous scroll/gaze scroll with a pop
user.mouse_enable_pop_stops_scroll = 1
#enable pop click with 'control mouse' mode
user.mouse_enable_pop_click = 1
#When enabled, the 'Scroll Mouse' GUI will not be shown.
user.mouse_hide_mouse_gui = 0
#hide cursor when mouse_wake is called to enable zoom mouse
user.mouse_wake_hides_cursor = 0
#the amount to scroll up/down (equivalent to mouse wheel on Windows by default)
user.mouse_wheel_down_amount = 120
The most commonly adjusted settings are probably
• imgui.scale
to improve the visibility of all imgui-based windows (help, history, etc). This is simply a scale factor, 1.3 = 130%.
• user.help_max_command_lines_per_page
and user.help_max_contexts_per_page
to ensure all help information is visible.
• user.mouse_wheel_down_amount
and user.mouse_continuous_scroll_amount
for adjusting the scroll amounts for the various scroll commands.
Also, you can add additional vocabulary words, words to replace, search engines and more. Complete the knausj_talon setup instructions above, then open the settings
folder to see the provided CSV files and customize them as needed.
In addition to this repo, there are other Talon user file sets containing additional commands that you may want to experiment with if you're feeling adventurous 😊. Many of them are meant to be used alongside knausj, but a few of them are designed as replacements. If it's not clear which, please file an issue against the given GitHub repository for that user file set!
This repository is now officially a team effort. The following contributors have direct access:
- @dwiel
- @fidgetingbits
- @knausj85
- @rntz
- @splondike
- @pokey
Collaborators will reply to issues and pull requests as time and health permits. Please be patient.
- Collaborators prioritize their health and their personal/professional needs first. Their time commitment to this effort is limited.
- For "minor" fixes and improvements/bugs/new apps, collaborators are free to contribute without any review
- For "significant" new development and refactors, collaborators should seek appropriate input and reviews from each-other. Collaborators are encouraged to open a discussion before committing their time to any major effort.
Anyone is welcome to submit PRs and report issues.
-
Any addition to the global grammar will be scrutinized a bit more thoroughly. The more specific a new context, the less scrutiny that is typically applied.
-
New grammars should follow the [subject][verb] standard where-ever possible.
-
For Mac OS X, the bundle id should be used for defining app contexts, rather than the name.
-
For Windows, both the friendly app name and exe name should be used for defining app contexts when they are different. For some people, the MUICache breaks.
-
For new web apps, ensure the domain is used to minimize potential mismatches; see https://github.com/knausj85/knausj_talon/blob/main/apps/README.md.
-
New applications should use tags to support the appropriate generic command grammars where appropriate:
core/windows_and_tabs/tabs.talon
tags/browser/
tags/find_and_replace/
tags/line_commands/
tags/multiple_cursors/
tags/snippets/
tags/splits/
tags/terminal/
- New programming languages should support the appropriate generic grammars where possible; see the
lang/tags/
directory.
This repository uses pre-commit
to run and manage its formatters/linters. Running these yourself is optional. If you wish to do so, first install pre-commit
:
$ pip install pre-commit
You then have a few options as to when to run it:
- Run yourself at any time on your locally changed files:
pre-commit run
- Run yourself on all files in the repository:
pre-commit run --all-files
- Run automatically on your PRs (fixes will be pushed automatically to your branch):
- Visit https://pre-commit.ci/ and authorize the app to connect to your knausj fork.
- Set up an editor hook to run on save:
- You could follow the instructions for Black, which are well written; simply replace
black <path>
withpre-commit run --files <file>
. - It's more performant to only reformat the specific file you're editing, rather than all changed files.
- You could follow the instructions for Black, which are well written; simply replace
- Install a git pre-commit hook with
pre-commit install
(optional)- This essentially runs
pre-commit run
automatically before creating local commits, applying formatters/linters on all changed files. If it "fails", the commit will be blocked. - Note that because many of the rules automatically apply fixes, typically you just need to stage the changes that they made, then reattempt your commit.
- Whether to use the hook comes down to personal taste. If you like to make many small incremental "work" commits developing a feature, it may be too much overhead.
- This essentially runs
If you run into setup difficulty with pre-commit
, you might want to ensure that you have a modern Python 3 local environment first. pyenv is good way to install such Python versions without affecting your system Python (recommend installing 3.9 to match Talon's current version). On macOS you can also brew install pre-commit
.
There are a number of automated unit tests in the repository. These are all run outside of the Talon environment (e.g. we don't have access to Talon's window management APIs). These make use of a set of stubbed out Talon APIs in test/stubs/
and a bit of class loader trickery in conftest.py
.
To run the test suite you just need to install the pytest
python package in to a non-Talon Python runtime you want to use for tests (i.e. don't install in the ~/.talon/.venv directory
). You can then just run the pytest
command from the repository root to execute all the tests.
For official documentation on Talon's API and features, please visit https://talonvoice.com/docs/.
For community-generated documentation on Talon, please visit https://talon.wiki/