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the only problem with speech input is noise and memory
requirements.  Speech output was done on the Comodore 64  and amega series
back in the early ninties.  so we just have to solve the resource problem
on speech input.  C would lend itself to this since it works on Linux, and
the speaker and microphone are treated as files like any other device in
the /dev directory.