RE: Voice activated robot

DAB — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 18:08:52 GMT

I remember when we tested the early voice recognition algorithms back in the early 1980's we discovered that the basic settings worked for everyone but our female engineer from Georgia. Her southern accent was too pronounced for the device to catch. When we changed the settings so that it would work with her, it would not work for anyone else in the office.

DAB

RE: Voice activated robot

dougw — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 22:25:09 GMT

Our voice recognition software also has had some problems with UK accents, but it is mostly that there seems to be an automatic tendency to speak louder and slower when one is not understood. This does not work with voice recognition software. Also plosive sounds are great for recognition, but some mics go crazy with plosives pops. You can get/make "pop" shields though. The software seems to work better with clear diction at a reasonably quick pace and even volume. For Australians, we needed to create a whole special language. [View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-3eb2a218-1ce2-458b-bca3-2ef3c51db80f/contentimage_5F00_3.png:16:16]