As of IntelliJ version 135.666 speech/voice assistance has been added;
e.g. saying:
awaiting orders
work completed
Nice flashback to playing Star/War Craft; but could be annoying; especially to the co-workers
I would like to disable it; but couldn't find settings for it in the preferences panel.
p.s. Is this an April's fools joke (since it was released on April.1st)?
Yes it's an April's Fools joke.
http://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2014/04/where-is-intellij-idea-headed/
If you try to read through the comments of this post, you will surely figure out it's an April's Fools joke. :)