Speech recognition; Simon?

[k6mle]

I'm interested in getting Simon running on my Parallella, but have had no luck with a successful compile. Has anyone had any success at this? Perhaps I'm not starting with the best image on my SD card ... is there one that is known to allow Simon to be installed?

On the same topic ... is Simon the best utility for speech recognition? My goal is an attempt at voice control over a few devices in my 'man cave'.

Thanks for any pointers!

Michael
K6MLE