.. _RefCCR:

Continous Command Recognition (CCR)
============================================================================

One of dragonfly's most powerful features is continuous command recognition
(CCR), that is commands that can be spoken together without pausing. This is
done through use of a :class:`dragonfly.grammar.element_basic.Repetition`
rule element. There is a mini-demo of continuous command recognition
`on YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3c5H7sAbBQ>`__. There are also
a few projects using dragonfly which make writing CCR rules easier:

- `Caster <https://github.com/synkarius/caster/>`__
  (`documentation <https://caster.readthedocs.io>`__)
  --- Caster has out-of-the-box support for CCR, with commands for typing
  alphanumeric and common punctuation characters as well as some useful
  navigation commands. You can also add custom CCR rules using the
  :class:`MergeRule` class. There is more information on how to do that in
  the documentation.

- `dragonfluid <https://github.com/chajadan/dragonfluid>`__
  (`documentation <https://dragonfluid.readthedocs.io>`__)
  --- dragonfluid has drop-in replacements for dragonfly's element, grammar
  and rule classes that support CCR. The documentation has more information
  on this. You should be able to use `dragonfluid` with `dragonfly2` by
  installing it without dependencies:

  .. code:: shell

     pip install --no-deps dragonfluid

- `dragonfly-scripts
  <https://github.com/dictation-toolbox/dragonfly-scripts/>`__
  --- The dragonfly-scripts project uses a :class:`SeriesMappingRule` class
  in many grammar files to allow commands in a :class:`MappingRule` to be
  recognised continuously without pauses.