Your word is my command
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DragonDictate, $9,000 from Dragon Systems Inc, is a commercial speech recognition system with a vocabulary of 30,000 words. It learns by listening to the user talking, so accents or speech impediments do not impair its performance. The system is composed of a speech recognition board, a microphone and software and runs on an IBM PC/AT-compatible microcomputer with 8 megabytes of RAM and an Intel 80386 microprocessor running MS-DOS. DragonDictate incorporates phonemes, allophones, syntax, semantics, artificial intelligence, and statistical modeling into one system. It has a success rate of recognizing discrete words accurately 90 percent of the time. DragonDictate does not have to be trained by the user, it comes equipped with software that enables immediate recognition of 25,000 words and has room for an additional 5,000 words defined by the user. DragonDictate is expected to be used by people in 'hands busy/eyes busy' applications such as a radiologist or by disabled people who cannot use a keyboard.
Publication Name: IEEE Spectrum
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0018-9235
Year: 1990
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Hawker has last word in ELV switching
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Hawker Fusegear's ZED range of low voltage switching devices are particularly suitable for remote switching applications such as lighting but are useful in virtually all traditionally wired mains switching applications. As well as eliminating complicated wiring arrangements for multi-way switching, the ZED standalone modular control devices can be interfaced with equipment such as smoke detectors and security systems. Because their switching side is designed to comply with safety extra low voltage (selv) requirements, the ZED devices offer a number of advantages in multi-point switching.
Publication Name: Electrical Contractor
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0308-7174
Year: 1992
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500-Word Voice Card for IBM PC-XT
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The Voice Connection has introduced a voice recognition expansion-card called IntoVoice IV, which is compatible with the IBM PC-XT. It has up to 32,000 words on hard disks in set of 500 words, and has 98 percent accuracy with a response time less than 200 milliseconds. It comes with utility software and six microphone options. A photograph of the IntroVoice IV is shown.
Publication Name: SIMULATION
Subject: Engineering and manufacturing industries
ISSN: 0037-5497
Year: 1985
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