Tag Archives: KinectEducation

Lesson 9–Speech Recognition Update

A lot of people have requested speech recognition updates for the new version of the SDK. I know from personal experience that this caused me a lot of trouble and I have been trying to find a simple way of … Continue reading

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Kinect Mix and Match

I have finally started to get on top of things and one of the things I realised was that I hadn’t made an application in a while. I thought I would put something out which was quite simple to use … Continue reading

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Kinect Orchestra for V1 of SDK

On the 1st of February, Microsoft released the new version of the SDK. Since then, some of you may have noticed that some of the applications do not work. I have slowly been working through some of these applications so … Continue reading

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Kinect Quiz–SDK V1

On the 1st of February, Microsoft released the new version of the SDK. Since then, some of you may have noticed that some of the applications do not work. I have slowly been working through some of these applications so … Continue reading

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Kinect SDK Full Release!–Shout Application!

You didn’t think I missed this did you….? So it’s been a week ago today since Kinect launched the Kinect for Windows! Now normally I would be one of the first to be crazy about this and I would have … Continue reading

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Punching Numbers–Prime Numbers Game

So I was watching TV the other night and they were talking about money and the economy and someone kept saying, “when you punch numbers”. I understood what they were talking about but Ironically I ended up watching Rocky shortly … Continue reading

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New Kinect Orchestra on BBC NEWS!!

Last weekend I got speaking to Gareth Ritter at Willows High School in Wales. He has been a keen user of many of my Kinect Applications and like me has a passion for using the Kinect to engage students. One … Continue reading

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Skype Using the Kinect

Before the new year, I had the pleasure of working with Dan Roberts @chickensaltash and presenting at the SSAT conference on Games Based Learning. During our presentation we spoke to Jimmy Edwards on Skype, he was at Saltash.Net. At the … Continue reading

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Lesson 9–Kinect Speech Recognition

So now that you have the drag and drop working, you might want to manipulate a text box to change each time you say something. For example, every time I say “apple” the text box will update to say apple. … Continue reading

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Lesson 8–Drag and Drop with the Kinect SDK

This short lesson shows you how you can put your left hand above your head and then use your right hand to control where an image is positioned. It is a short video but should be easy to follow. It … Continue reading

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