Speech technology: present and future applications in the airborne environment.
Advanced speech technology systems, specifically voice recognition and voice synthesis systems are being considered as viable solutions to the problem of distributing pilot workload in today's increasingly complex airborne environment. The U.S. Air Force has funded various projects in this area over the past few years including studies defining and establishing priorities for candidate tasks to be accomplished by voice control, as well as a developmental hardware program which entered a flight test phase in December 1982. The applications of this technology are constrained only by the rate of its evolution. Certain tasks have already been identified as excellent candidates for control by a voice system and the present hardware is capable of being configured to perform these tasks. Other tasks have been identified as potential candidates. Although these candidates are tasks which would impact pilot workload, present technology is incapable fo supporting them.
D001359:Aviation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013068:Speech Production Measurement / Q000295:instrumentation*