Re: PC Speech Recognition

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

as part of our set-up, some VR would be useful ... as when hands are
full or mucky, when switches are on the other side of the room, and when
simple acknowledgements are required ...

Looking into it, though, identifies several issues likely to limit its
effectiveness - the vast range of people's accents & manners of
speaking;   the complications of room acoustics & noise levels;
hardware fidelity / quality;   and our very limited understanding of how
language actually works & words are actually used ...  all in all,
there's still a long way to go !

We're going for Idratek, and VR is an option on offer ... perhaps with
IBM ViaVoice, although I've never heard of a user who doen't express a
lot of reservations about its capabilities, presumably because of the
very same issues ...

From what I've seen of regular computer sound, the quality of the
hardware leaves a lot to be desired ... and yet we know from our own
experience that when sounds are clear they are much easier to hear &
understand, even if they are quiet ... the same must surely go for VR
!   BTW, I've never heard of VR using stereo, and yet we know it makes a
big difference to our own ability to hear & understand sounds ...

Chris

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Saturday 24 Jun'06 - 19:33:11 -0000

to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

darren_karp2001   darren.karp@xxxxxxx

With my longing desire to speak to & being understood by my PC á
la Star
Trek, does anyone know if there has been any major development ii this
area ?

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