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Voice Recognition

Voice Recognition. By Chance Berman and Clark Baumgartner. Overview. Introduction History Modern Applications Case Study Ethical Analysis. Introduction. Voice recognition

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Voice Recognition

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  1. Voice Recognition By Chance Berman and Clark Baumgartner

  2. Overview • Introduction • History • Modern Applications • Case Study • Ethical Analysis

  3. Introduction • 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.

  4. History • 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.

  5. History cont. • Voice Recognition software: • Dragon Systems.   • Scansoft, Inc. • Accuracy levels have reached 95% and better with transcription speeds at over 160 words per minutes!!!

  6. Modern Day Applications • Healthcare • Patients with disabilities • Deaf • RSI(Repetitive Strain Injury) • Military • U.S. program -Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTIF) • F-35 and French Mirage aircraft.

  7. Modern Day Applications cont. • 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.

  8. Examples F-35 Xbox Kinect Siri

  9. Case Study • ER Department of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, QC. • Wireless speech recognition in the ER • Challenge • Solution

  10. Case Study cont.

  11. Ethical Analysis • Act Utilitarianism? • Social Contract Theory?

  12. Questions?

  13. Sources • 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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