Voice input feature added.

[JHarrysP]

Voice input added.

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Summary of Changes

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I've implemented a new voice input feature for the frontend, allowing users to dictate text directly into the input form. This involved creating a dedicated VoiceInput component that utilizes the Web Speech API and integrating it seamlessly into the existing InputForm. Alongside this, I've made minor usability improvements to the input form's keyboard shortcuts and updated several development dependencies to ensure a robust and modern development environment.

Highlights

• Introduction of Voice Input: I've introduced a new VoiceInput component that leverages the browser's Web Speech API to provide speech-to-text functionality. This component handles microphone access, recording states, and transcribes spoken words into text.
• Enhanced Input Experience: The InputForm component has been enhanced to integrate the new voice input feature. Users can now click a microphone icon to dictate their input. Additionally, I've refined the text input experience by changing the default submission key from Ctrl+Enter to a simpler Enter key press, making the form more intuitive to use.
• Dynamic Transcription Handling: The system now intelligently handles voice transcriptions. When a user speaks, the transcribed text is appended to the existing input field. There's also an option for immediate auto-submission of the transcribed text, which streamlines the workflow for quick voice commands.
• Dependency Maintenance: I've updated several development dependencies in package-lock.json, primarily related to ESLint and JavaScript parsing libraries. This ensures that our frontend development environment remains up-to-date, maintaining code quality and compatibility with the latest standards.

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Code Review

This pull request introduces a voice input feature using the Web Speech API, which is a great addition. The new VoiceInput component is well-structured and handles various states and potential errors gracefully.

I've provided a few suggestions to improve the code quality:

• Refactoring some logic in InputForm.tsx for better readability.
• Removing debug console.log statements from both InputForm.tsx and VoiceInput.tsx.
• Improving type safety in VoiceInput.tsx by replacing any with a more specific type for a React ref.

Overall, this is a solid implementation of the new feature.