Dear All,
Here is my little experiment:
I took a standard SL35 Lightwriter with DecTalk and programmed voice commands into the EvoSoft Sicare Light (voice recognition Environmental Control System). I programmed only a television with the words: Television, Wake Up, Sleep, Louder, Softer, Mute, Zero, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine. Keeping the lightwrighter at the same distance from the Sicare Light I proceeded to test the functions I had programmed. Unfortunately the accuracy (I would suggest) was only about 60% so that other functions came up that I hadn't asked for. I then put the sensitivity right up and this seemed not to make any difference in recognition ability.
My original concept was that a Voice Output Communication Aid without Environmental Controls could be turned into one that could at potentially quite a reduced cost compared to upgrading a whole system.
I am sorry to say that my brief trial was unsuccessful and surprisingly so.
Please feel free to comment...
Thanks,
Neil Gregory
Clinical Engineer
Access to Communication and Technology
West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, England
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