Folks, wow - this thread is on fire. Thank you and WOW! Holy crap, I apparently did a good thing here.

I am trying to get to everyone's questions. I will circle back again after work if I missed you.

https://fosstodon.org/@matthartley/115848408200131097

@matthartley I'm working on a device where voice control would be a nice add-on, but I am unlikely to use Wayland. Maybe not even X11 - I might end up using direct framebuffer output. Is there a chance your software could be made to output whatever it thinks it heard to STDOUT or to a TCP port one could connect to, for further processing?

The project in question:
https://wiki.grannophone.de/index.php?title=The_Grannophone_-_Video_Telephony_Made_Easy

#grannophone

The Grannophone - Video Telephony Made Easy – Grannophone

@farbenstau Okay, this is interesting. Really interesting. Short answer is maybe? Do me a favor, please file an issue linking to your project. I will add it to my exploration process. I love the idea, but it would be some time off before I can explore this 100%. 🙏
@matthartley Will do, once I'm back at a proper computer (probably tomorrow evening). Thanks for liking my project. 😃
@farbenstau Absolutely! Yeah, that looks really neat!

@matthartley Full Disclosure: The amount of blood, sweat, and tears (don't get me started on money) that has gone into this project is probably on "ElectroBOOM" levels. 😉

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElectroBOOM

ElectroBOOM - Wikipedia

@farbenstau I can tell a lot of time, care and love when into your project. 😍
@matthartley And the cursing. Let's not forget about the cursing. Especially when the lasercutter decides to misbehave .. again. 🤡🔥🧯