Monday, December 06, 2010

Native Extensions for Microsoft Silverlight

A set of libraries for Silverlight developers that allow them to access some really cool features of Windows 7 from their Silverlight applications.

Take advantage of sensors like accelerometers, light sensors, compasses, GPS etc.
Access content from connected portable devices like music players and digital cameras.
Capture and create video from webcams and screen output
Use speech recognition and text to speech capabilities.
Integrate with the Windows 7 taskbar (Jump Lists, Icon Overlays, Taskbar Progress etc.)
And more…


What is in NESL ?


A set of native runtime libraries and a paired set of Silverlight libraries
Developer Guide(coming soon!!) and API documentation

Video Travel Journal – Concept video recording application that illustrates video and screen capture, portable device access, Windows 7 taskbar integration, Bing Maps integration and Facebook upload.

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