sound-recognition

Dictating in MS Visual C#?

I wanna make a text editor but its different other text editors.It will get commands from my voice. For example ; i will say my name to microphone "Ibrahim AKGUN" .. then this program will get it and write it down like a virtual secretary :) This is possible in C# ? ...

Clap sound detection in C#

I would like to be able to detect a clapping sound. Being pretty new to any form of sound recognition, is there simple any way to do this? If not, any good resources for C# sound recognition/detection? My goal is to automate a clients media center with some basic clap-based controls. ...