Title :
Voice control for noisy industrial environments
Author :
Bartholomew, J.C. ; Miller, G.E.
Author_Institution :
Bioeng. Program, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
Flexible manufacturing processes in modern industrial operations have resulted from the need to alter work protocols constantly without the need for massive reprogramming of computerized functions. Preliminary testing has shown commercial PC-based voice processing to be a successful interface for the effective control of flexible manufacturing systems. Current testing has attempted to determine the level of effectiveness of voice processing in a noisy industrial environment. Noise-processed speech is compared to unprocessed speech for speech-processor input in varying degrees of industrial-type noise. System degradation is analyzed in terms of the number of errors in word recognition.<>
Keywords :
acoustic noise; speech analysis and processing; commercial PC-based voice processing; flexible manufacturing systems; noise-processed speech; noisy industrial environments; system degradation; unprocessed speech; word recognition errors; work protocols alteration;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.95354
