- Voice command device
A voice command device is a controlled by means of the human voice. By removing the need to use
button s,dial s andswitch es, consumers can easily operate appliances with their hands full or while doing other tasks.The first examples in home
appliance s arewashing machine s [ [http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6742208-description.html] Patent Storm] that allows consumers to operate washing controls through vocalcommand s, and mobile phones with voice-activateddialing .Newer VCDs are speaker-independent, so they can respond to multiple voices, regardless of accent or dialectal influences. They are also capable of responding to several commands at once, separating vocal messages and providing appropriate
feedback , accurately imitating a natural conversation. They can understand around 50 different commands and retain up to 2 minutes of vocal messages.Voice command software products
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Microsoft Voice Command for PDAs
* Speech recognition in operating systems such asWindows Vista andMac OS X See also
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Linguatronic
*speech recognition
*domotics
*Voice Tag References
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