Speech
A terminal emulation client that is capable of receiving spoken input and can voice out text as speech when connected to any host application, allows for several workflow solutions with obvious productivity benefits. The same benefits also hold true for a web browser. Obvious areas of applicability include warehouses and distribution centers where a speech enabled solution can help minimize repetitive physical user movements; enhance efficiency by eliminating the need to look at a screen and provide hands free operation for a workflow without compromising on the benefits of barcode scanning or RFID data collection.
With our TE and Browser products you can customize your solution so that you can input speech commands or verbally confirm your actions as you navigate through your host application. Text responses from the host may be converted to speech output so as to receive instructions or results narrated by voice. All that is required is a wireless, wearable or handheld computer equipped with a microphone and a headset. You do not have to make any changes to your host application or install any additional hardware.
The built in speech engine does not require any voice training. Pre-defined grammar vocabulary of about 100 recognition words is supported. Speech engine support is not limited to a specific terminal. It is available for terminal models from all major manufacturers, giving you a hardware choice for your solution.
You may consider a speech-enabled solution if you can benefit from the efficiencies of hands free operation or are simply trying to eliminate paper based processing. Here are some benefits.
There are several benefits in customizing your solution to use voice input and/or output:
Voice enable TE or Web Browser Applications
You can voice enable all your applications, whether these are legacy terminal emulation or newer web based applications.
Easy Implementation.
Since you do not require any additional hardware / software, you can easily integrated speech support in your application. No changes are required to your host application. All speech capability is integrated with our powerful Scripting Engine. You can therefore easily customize the most complex tasks and voice enable your solution in a manner of minutes.
Hands-Free Operation
By customizing your data collection solution to use either speech recognition or text to speech converstion or both, you can increase productivity gains by enabling hands free operation within your solution. Several workflows exist in Distribution, Warehousing, Manufacturing and Retail domains that can significantly benefit from hands free operation.
Cost Effective Solution
Traditional voice directed data collection systems are very expensive as these require specialized hardware and software. A general purpose solution which leverages existing software is a more cost effective approach and offers higher value trade-offs as opposed to investing in a specialized speech system.
Extend Existing Applications
Terminal Emulation remains a popular technology choice in connecting RF mobile computers to host applications. Web based applications are rapidly gaining momentum. Using our product, you can easily add speech / voice customizations so as to extend your existing TE or web based application. This allows you to eek out more productivity benefits from your existing solution without having to make any changes to the host applications.
No System Training
Our product uses speaker independent speech recognition; meaning that a user does not have to first "train" the system to recognize his / her voice prior to them being able to use it. No voice template is required. This is a strong benefit as it saves time in industries which have high employee turnover.
