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Beyond Speech In the Car
Automotive safety calls for a holistic approach.
Thomas Schalk
Widely accepted is the notion that speech interfaces fit nicely into the driving experience, particularly when a task requires text entry. Speech can be used to manage secondary tasks such as navigation systems, music, phones, messaging, and other functionalities—making it possible to be more productive while driving without the burden of driver distraction. However, actual usage of such speech enablement has fallen short of expectations, spurring some to blame the low usage on the unreliability of speech in the car. Regardless, keeping the primary task of driving in mind, user interfaces for secondary tasks shouldn't require lengthy and/or frequent eye glancing, nor very much manual manipulation.
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Tools for Developing
Speech-enabled Mobile Applications |
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To promote the use of speech technologies in mobile applications, AVIOS has constructed a catalog of tools for developing speech-enabled mobile applications on mobile devices including Android, iPhone, and Windows phone. These tools include APIs, frameworks, and simulators for developing speech-enabled mobile applications. Mobile application developers can now review this catalog to identify available tools for developing speech-enabled applications easier.
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Portland State University Students Win International Speech Application Contest
 Fredrik Persen Fostvedt, Vinutha Veerayya Hiremath, and Padmaja Matlaparti, winners of the AVIOS International Student AVIOS Speech Application Development Contest
The Applied Voice Input Output Society (AVIOS) announced the winners of the yearly international student AVIOS Speech Application Development Contest at the AVIOS Mobil Voice Conference, in San Francisco on August 19. Dr. Karl W. 'Bill' Scholz, AVIOS President, presented Portland State University students Padmaja Matlaparti, Vinutha Veerayya Hiremath, and Fredrik Persen Fostvedt with the best application award for their application, "KnowUrGrades." "This application enables students to obtain their course grades by speaking and listening on any telephone" according to their Portland State University instructor, Dr. James A. Larson. "They interviewed perspective users, developed requirements and program specifications, and performed several types of user testing during the development of the application which uses speech recognition and speech synthesis technologies." |
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