Voice Control
Offline solution in 30 languages
Today, voice operation is indispensable in many areas of daily life. The clear advantages of input and output via voice for accelerated, intuitive and touch-free device operation apply just as much in professional areas of application. HY-LINE offers individual solutions for your professional and industrial application.
While the output of signals and tones is supplemented by synthetic speech, voice control takes its place in input.
Thus, devices can be operated comfortably without hands, without looking at the device and the machine becomes a voice assistant.
Voice operation is used especially in places where hands are not free to operate the device, are dirty, or must be sterile and not touch anything.
Offline voice operation does not require a connection to the Internet during operation. As a result, data remains private and secure, and input can be made in real time. Data does not need to be loaded on an external server, nor does broadband permanent access to the Internet need to be provided.
Features
- Touchless: intuitive touchless operation
- Artificial Intelligence: statistical and semantic models created using the latest machine learning technology
- Offline: Works directly on the device without a network connection, with low memory and CPU requirements (no AI HW required)
- License Based: Industry proven quality in 30 national languages
- Industry Grade: High reliability and availability, real-time capable
- Text-to-Speech: Offline speech synthesis for output of arbitrary texts
- Privacy by Design: High data security through offline execution without Internet connection at runtime
- Do What I Mean: natural language communication through NLU (Natural Language Understanding)
- Wake-Word: voice activation with free choice of activation word
- Zero Coding: simple web-based speech dialog creation without programming
- Machine Interface: comfortable machine interface via standardized protocols (MQTT, JSON, (S)RTP)
Technical requirements
Voice Control runs on ARMv7 and higher and x86 platforms on Linux, Windows, Android and iOS. Voice control can run on the system processor as well. Typical system requirements are:
- Main memory: from 16 MByte (depending on the application)
- Computing requirements: from 400 MIPS for real-time processing
- Base Runtime "Dialog Manager": 10 MB
- Speech recognition, NLU and semantic models together per language: 10 MB
- Text-to-speech synthesis per language: 100 to 200 MB
Implementation
- Design your individual speech dialog using the provided WebSDK (Web-based Software Development Kit).
- Deploy the so created speech application on your embedded system. We are happy to advise you on suitable solutions
- Connect the speech application to your device application via standardized protocols (MQTT, JSON, (S)RTP)
HY-LINE Voice Control Starter Kit
The kickstart for your offline voice control
To meet the demands for a professional system and at the same time make the effort for implementing your individual voice application directly on your local device as easy as possible, HY-LINE has developed the Voice Control Starter-Kit, which makes the way to a professional voice control much easier and faster, with the development directly on an industrial grade embedded platform of the latest generation incl. high-end touch display.
The starter kit offers:
- Industry Grade: pITX-iMX8M-Dual-Core Single Board Computer (incl. passive cooling) with high reliability and availability
- High End Touch-Display: HY-LINE 7" TFT Family Concept Display incl. PCAP-Touch
- Voice Control Software: Industry proven quality in 30 national languages and with wake word function.
- Text-to-Speech: now new with offline speech synthesis for output of arbitrary texts
- Plug & Play: Linux image pre-installed on Micro SD Card. Incl. holder for easy handling
- Demo App: with pre-installed sample applications for speech control and synthesis
- WebSDK: Webtool Dialog Designer for the implementation of natural language communication without programming
A solution for versatile applications
Operation and monitoring of medical technology
- Touch-free operation of devices in sterile environments
- Controlling beds and examination couches via speech
- Information retrieval, e.g. during an operation
- Documentation of activities in nursing and geriatric care or rehabilitation
Machine operation in the Industry 4.0 environment
- Controlling machines with both hands on the workpiece
- Natural collaboration with robots and in augmented reality applications
- Industrial automation, test and measurement technology
- Touch-free operation of devices in poorly accessible or explosive environments
Voice assistant at service and info points
- Info steles in shopping centers or service points
- Ordering machines in fast food restaurants
- Intuitive operation at ticket vending machines
Touch-free operation of private and professional electrical appliances
- Intelligent home automation: lighting, heating, air conditioning, shutters, plumbing
- Interaction with consumer electronics: TV, multimedia, AV receiver
- Electronic media: smartphone, tablet, PC, e-book reader
- Household and kitchen appliances, e.g. coffee machines
Data acquisition in logistics
- Pick-by-voice: picking by means of speech
- Fast data entry in incoming and outgoing goods, e.g. entering the destination of the goods or the storage location or article code
- Logging with both hands on the goods
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