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GitHub made a voice assistant for Copilot

Starting with the phrase “Hey, GitHub!” it will be possible to program only with your voice, without a keyboard, just like you speak with Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant.

Microsoft-owned GitHub is experimenting with a new voice interaction system for its Copilot software assistant . Starting with the phrase “Hey, GitHub!” it will be possible to program only with your voice, without a keyboard, just like you speak with Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant.

“We are excited to be able to bring the benefits of GitHub Copilot to even more developers, including developers who find it difficult to type by hand,” GitHub said in the platform announcement. “Hey, GitHub” only works in VS Code at the moment, but the developers hope to expand its capabilities through further research and testing.

Adding a voice assistant will be especially useful for different accessibility scenarios. You will be able to ask Copilot to do something, like jump to other lines of code, or jump to methods or blocks, using just your voice. You can even control Visual Studio Code with commands like “run program” or “toggle zen mode.” If you want a summary of what a piece of code does, you can even request a summary.

This new voice system is being developed by GitHub Next, a group of researchers and engineers that is “exploring the future of software development.” There is no guarantee that it will eventually launch as a full product, but the experiment certainly looks like an easy way to combine transcription with the Copilot service. You can sign up to join the waiting list Hey GitHub! right here .

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