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Neil That's a shame, but I'm not surprised because the Sicare's seem to easily interpret random sounds as commands. How about connecting the speaker wires of the Lightwriter to the mic wires of the Light (via a suitable network). In a related vein does anyone know of an ECS that accepts Morse (except for via Liberator or PC)? Barry Taylor, Clinical Scientist Bioengineering Department Tulley Medical Physics Building, Hull Royal Infirmary Anlaby Road, Hull HU3 2JZ Tel 01482 675928, fax 01482 675750 > ---------- > From: Neil Gregory[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. > Sent: 09 August 2002 15:52 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Adapting a nonEC VOCA to do EC > > 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 > Email address: [log in to unmask] (note new > address from mid-May 2002) > Website: http://www.bscht.org.uk/Services/rehab/frarehab.htm > > Tel. UK +44 (0)121-627 8235 > Fax. UK +44 (0)121-627 8892 > > This e-mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be > legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an > addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please > notify the author by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended > recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or rely on > this e-mail. >