Simon

Simon serves as the main front end for the open source speech recognition solution. It functions as a Simond client with a graphical user interface for managing speech models and commands. Simon executes commands based on input from the Simond server. It offers a do-it-yourself approach to speech recognition, enabling creation of language and acoustic models from scratch through an end-user interface. Users can download use cases from others and share their own. The architecture supports all languages and dialects, including mixing languages in one model. Command-and-control solutions suit disabled people. This app is unmaintained and no longer released by the KDE community.

Core Strengths:

• Provides a graphical interface to manage speech recognition models.
• Converts spoken input to commands or text output.
• Enables creation of custom language and acoustic models.
• Supports multiple languages and dialect mixtures in one model.
• Executes voice‑triggered desktop commands via a speech server.
• Designed for assistive command & control, particularly for users with physical disabilities.

Use Cases:

1. Voice‑controlled desktop command execution.
2. Accessible speech‑to‑text input for users with limited motor ability.
3. Custom voice recognition model creation for any language.
4. Software automation triggered by voice snippets.
5. Experimental speech UI projects and DIY speech recognition workflows.