Voice RecognitionBy Chance Berman and Clark Baumgartner
1. Introduction2. History3. Modern Applications4. Case Study5. Ethical Analysis
Overview
Voice recognition
Speech recognition -converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker.
Introduction
Voice Recognition software:◦ began in the 1936 with ATT&T's Bell Labs. ◦ First company to launch a commercial product
was Covox in 1982.◦ Along with (or bundled) this introduction of sound
to computers came Speech Recognition.
History
Voice Recognition software:◦ Dragon Systems.
Scansoft, Inc. Accuracy levels have reached 95% and
better with transcription speeds at over 160 words per minutes!!!
History cont.
Healthcare Patients with disabilities
Deaf RSI(Repetitive Strain Injury)
Military◦ U.S. program -Advanced Fighter Technology
Integration (AFTIF) F-35 and French Mirage aircraft.
Modern Day Applications
Xbox Kinect:◦ Video/ audio input applications allow for user to
play games and surf the web via voice command. iPhone 4s:
◦ Siri- able of taking commands from user and outputting an aswer.
ASIMO:◦ Robot made by Honda headquarters in Japan that
is capable of working in a human environment.
Modern Day Applications cont.
ExamplesF-35
Xbox Kinect
Siri
ER Department of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, QC.
Wireless speech recognition in the ER
◦ Challenge
◦ Solution
Case Study
Case Study cont.
Act Utilitarianism?
Social Contract Theory?
Ethical Analysis
Questions?
http://www.dragon-medical-transcription.com/historyspeechrecognition.html
http://www.lumenvox.com/resources/tips/historyOfSpeechRecognition.aspx
http://www.crescendo.com/en/cstudies/wireless-speech-recognition-er.php
http://gigaom.com/apple/get-a-taste-of-siri-on-os-x-with-nuances-dragon-express/
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