Hi,
I think that you may be interested in this site:-
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/spandh/projects/stardust/
I work at Barnsley Hospital and am aware of this research. If you would like to know more let me know and I will put you in touch with someone that knows a lot more about it than me.
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> From: Neil Gregory <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri 09/Aug/2002 14:52 GMT
> 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.
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> 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.
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> I am sorry to say that my brief trial was unsuccessful and surprisingly so.
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> Please feel free to comment...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Neil Gregory
> Clinical Engineer
> Access to Communication and Technology
> West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre, England
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