diff --git a/desktop/simon/README b/desktop/simon/README
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+simon is an open-source speech recognition program.
+
+Be sure to read README.setup after installing.
diff --git a/desktop/simon/README.setup b/desktop/simon/README.setup
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+You may want to install the Hidden Markov Model Toolkit (HTK) which is 
+covered by a license which does not permit free distribution.  However, 
+you need HTK if you want to train your acoustic model.  You can obtain
+HTK from here (but only after registering): http://htk.eng.cam.ac.uk/
+
+If you are creating solutions which will be used by more than one user, or
+simply don't have the time to train the system, you can use static base models.
+Static models are used as-is and are not modified by simon in any way.
+Because of this, it is important that the selected base model matches your
+voice as closely as possible.
+
+Even if you use a static model, you NEED to get an acoustic model from the web.
+You can download some prebuilt models at http://www.voxforge.org/
+
+BEGINNER GUIDE:
+If you are a beginner and you don't know exactly how a speech recognition works,
+but want just to enable this "cool feature", you may want to follow these steps
+(static model), in order to make simon operative (English).
+
+This is to help you to your first approach to this program, next you will
+be able to customize more and more!
+
+ 0. Browse acoustic models from
+    http://www.repository.voxforge1.org/downloads/Nightly_Builds/current/
+    Download "HTK_AcousticModel-2010-12-16_16kHz_16bit_MFCC_O_D.tgz"
+ 1. Uncompress the model where you want.
+ 2. Run "ksimond" (not from root). You need to have the daemon simond running.
+ 3. Configure "simond". (ksimond -> configuration -> simond). Add a username and a
+    password which are going to be used by simon.
+ 4. Run "simon". An assistant will appear. Click "Next" once to jump to "Scenarios"
+    section of the assistant.
+ 5. Get some scenario. You need at least one, download a scenario in English.
+ 6. Configure base model. Choose "Static model" type. From the uncompressed acoustic
+    model of step 1 choose:
+    - "hmmdefs" file for HMM definition
+    - "tiedlist" file for Tiedlist
+    - "macros" file for Macros
+    - "stats" file for Stats
+    Click "Ok", then "Next".
+ 7. "Server" and "Sound devices" sections configuration depends on what hardware
+    and software you're going to use.
+    You can safely just press "Next" to leave them unchanged.
+ 8. Adjust the volume of your microphone (or any input device you're going to use)
+    I suggest you to get the rumor at few percentage (3%-4%) and to get
+    "Volume correct" while speaking (I boosted my microphone for that)
+ 9. Optionally perform a training of speechable texts of your scenario to put your
+    voice in training data for a better recognition.
+10. Speak!
+
diff --git a/desktop/simon/doinst.sh b/desktop/simon/doinst.sh
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+if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
+  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi
+
+if [ -e usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache ]; then
+  if [ -x /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then
+    /usr/bin/gtk-update-icon-cache usr/share/icons/hicolor >/dev/null 2>&1
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/desktop/simon/simon.SlackBuild b/desktop/simon/simon.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for simon
+
+# Copyright (c) 2011, Roberto Metere <roberto@metere.it>
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+# met:
+#
+# * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+# OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+PRGNAM=simon
+VERSION=0.3.0
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
+
+mkdir build
+cd build/
+  cmake \
+    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+    -DLIB_SUFFIX=${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+    -DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/man \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+    ../
+  make VERBOSE=1
+  make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+cd ..
+
+find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a Changelog HTK_README.txt LICENCE.txt README.txt $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/desktop/simon/simon.info b/desktop/simon/simon.info
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+PRGNAM="simon"
+VERSION="0.3.0"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.simon-listens.org"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/speech2text/simon-0.3.0.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="df1c831dfcb861e7039a5891faa8f095"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+MAINTAINER="Roberto Metere"
+EMAIL="roberto@metere.it"
+APPROVED="rworkman"
diff --git a/desktop/simon/slack-desc b/desktop/simon/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+     |-----handy-ruler--------------------------------------------------------|
+simon: simon (speech recognition software)
+simon:
+simon: simon is the main front end for the simon open source speech 
+simon: recognition solution. With a few words (Numbers from 0 to 9, 
+simon: "up", "down", etc.) you can control a number of programs like 
+simon: a webbrowser, e-mail client, mediacenter, etcetera...
+simon:
+simon: http://www.simon-listens.org/
+simon:
+simon:
+simon: