DocumentCode
1960149
Title
Voice activated wheelchair controller
Author
Rockland, Ronald H. ; Reisman, Stanley
Author_Institution
New Jersey Inst. of Technol., Newark, NJ, USA
fYear
1998
fDate
9-10 Apr 1998
Firstpage
128
Lastpage
129
Abstract
The Voice Activated Wheelchair Controller (VAWC) project was designed to develop a feasibility model for activating a wheelchair using a low-cost speech recognition system. A microcontroller was programmed to provide user control over each command, as well as to prevent voice commands from being issued accidentally
Keywords
biocontrol; handicapped aids; microcontrollers; speech recognition; accidental voice commands prevention; low-cost speech recognition system; motorized wheelchair; quadriplegics; user control; voice activated wheelchair controller; Application software; Control systems; Costs; Displays; Light emitting diodes; Microcontrollers; Speech recognition; Text processing; Vocabulary; Wheelchairs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Bioengineering Conference, 1998. Proceedings of the IEEE 24th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location
Hershey, PA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4544-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NEBC.1998.664900
Filename
664900
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