APPLICATION OF VOICE TECHNOLOGY TO TRANSPORTATION OF DISABLED PERSONS

This study looks at voice technology as one of several related technologies encompassing computers, robotics, artificial intelligence and natural language processors that can be applied to the transportation problems of elderly and handicapped persons. Three distinct areas are examined: voice recognition, voice synthesis and voice compression. Individual speech techniques are reviewed, current applications for speech examined, specific applications developed for improving the mobility of the elderly and disabled, and directions offered for planning and implementing a program of research and development. The report contains comparison charts featuring over one hundred speech products from about fifty different vendors. (Author/TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport Canada

  Complexe Guy Favreau, 200 Dorchester Boulevard West, Suite 6
  Montreal, PQ  Canada 
• Authors:
  • Geehan, T
• Publication Date: 1986-1

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 96 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Information processing; Mobility; Persons with disabilities; Speech recognition; Speech synthesis; Technology assessment
• ITRD Terms: 9097: Artificial; 9098: Communication; 2209: Comprehension; 8673: Digital computer; 1726: Disabled person; 3674: Equipment; 9035: Inventory; 9105: Mobility (pers); 1746: Old people; 744: Public transport; 7147: Synthesis
• Subject Areas: Highways; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00478515
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jan 31 1989 12:00AM