ASR Embedded Development Systems:
The best way for developers to add speech recognition
to automotive, mobile and PC applications
The ScanSoft ASR Embedded Benefits
Development System is a com-
plete rapid programming and
scalable deployment
solution for adding speech
recognition to hardware
and software applications.
Ideal for automotive,
mobile and PC
implementations, its suite
of developer tools lets all
developers create highly
accurate and effective
speech recognition
applications, whether they
are expert at automatic
speech recognition (ASR)
or new to the technology.
Included in the system is
the ASR-3200 speech
recognition engine, which
builds upon the popular
ScanSoft ASR-1600, the
reference speech SDK on
Microsoft Windows CE
for Automotive. The ASR-3200 delivers
speaker-independent and continuous
speech capabilities within an architecture
that can scale to meet specific grammar
and deployment platform requirements.
Better still, its noise management and
acoustical capabilities allow you to deliver
speech recognition where and when you
need it.
The ASR Embedded Development System
is a member of ScanSoft's family of
speech solutions, which meet the
demanding requirements of customers
throughout the world including
Clarion, Microsoft, and Pioneer.
Reduce programmer
training requirements by
using a rapid development
interface within a familiar
Microsoft Windows
environment
Add speech recognition to
more applications and
support a range of noise
environments, operating
systems and platforms
using the highly accurate
ScanSoft ASR-3200 speech
recognition engine
Leverage high-level tools
that require less time to
create speech recognition interfaces
and gain more time to spend on (keyboard replaced by speech
application features and capabilities recognition) and eyes-free (screen
complemented by speech output)
Target a global market opportunity
operations. Users can access information
through built-in support for accents and
even while driving, leaving their hands
languages
on the wheel and eyes on the road. By
Improve customer satisfaction through
adding speech recognition to navigation
the consistent creation of highly
systems, mobile phones, telematic
accurate and effective
services and command and control of in-
speech recognition
vehicle applications, drivers are able to
applications
remain connected and productive on
Create standardized code the road while keeping their hands on
that reduces overall the wheel.
engineering costs and
simplifies code maintenance Mobile Applications For the
tasks mobile professional, accessing
Benefit from a scalable information while away from
speech recognition the office is more critical than
environment that enables the ever. Today's mobile
re-use of code, giving you applications offer users timely
the ability to leverage development access to crucial business
investments across multiple projects information such as business
appointments, e-mails, customer records
Applications in the company database, and stock
The flexibility of the ScanSoft ASR quotes. Automatic speech recognition
Embedded Development System allows (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS)
developers to integrate a range of speech technologies can run on today's mobile
recognition engines into multiple devices such as PDAs, exploiting their
applications where speech recognition is power and connectivity.
a viable method of input. Areas of
specialization include:
Automotive Applications The
automobile mandates a hands-free,
eyes-free environment. Speech
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Industrial Applications specific grammars and SpeechPearl ASR-
word pronunciation, 3200 Engine
ASR technology can removing the need for
The new ScanSoft ASR-3200 speech
integrate seamlessly and the developer to have
recognition engine is a significant
comfortably into a profound
technological advancement for embedded
industrial applications understanding of
speech applications. It extends the
where the use of hands recognition
success of the ASR-1600, significantly
is limited. Traditional characteristics and
enhancing accuracy and for the first time
industrial situations parameters. It also
supporting a scalable grammar and
and processes in envi- removes the need to
deployment capability, a prerequisite for
ronments such as have large collections
applications targeting automobiles. The
warehouse order of recorded data
ASR-3200 has sophisticated noise-
picking, machine samples. The suite
management capabilities, making it an
repair reference lookup includes a Grammar
ideal solution for all in-vehicle
or diagnostic machine Editor, Grammar
applications, when still and at high speed.
hands-free interface Creator Tool,
Most impressive are its broad speaker-
can yield unparalleled Grammar Compiler
independent language support and
benefits, improving Tool, Vocabulary
continuous speech capabilities, both
workflow and Verifier Tool, Context
critical for developing applications for a
significantly enhancing Verifier Tool,
global marketplace.
productivity. Confusability Tool, Recognition Test
Tool, User Dictionary Editor (for
PC and Tablet PC Applications - Capabilities
Exception Dictionaries).
Speaker-independent speech Superior Accuracy and Noise
recognition is becoming an important Recognition Analysis Suite - Management combine to support the
requirement for PC applications, Accelerates the optimization of speech deployment of applications to a range of
especially those target- recognition for specific applications and user, microphone and vehicle speed
ing Tablet PC and environments. It provides tools that environments
Pocket PC devices. identify and remove causes of possible
ASR delivers seamless recognition errors, such as bad signal Scalable Grammar and Deployment
capability, which is a prerequisite for
interaction between quality. Robust data analysis reports
applications targeting automobiles and
the user and applica- provide developers with detailed
embedded devices
tion, especially for information on performance
launching and closing characteristics and how to improve Speaker-Independence and Speaker
applications, navigat- them. Included in the suite is an Audio Adaptation features enhance the user
ing operating system Data Collector, Speech Verifier, Batch experience through accuracy and the
and application inter- Recognition Tool, Scoring Tool, Sound elimination of voice training
faces, using multi- Tool, Logging Importer Tool, Logging
page electronic forms and documents, Extractor Tool, Test CD creator tool. Advanced Phoneme-Based Recognition
and enhancing the gaming increases accuracy and supports more
experience. SpeechPearl ASR-3200 Engine - granular voice commands
Supports the cross-platform ScanSoft
Rapid Development SpeechAPI, a standardized programming Continuous-Speech capabilities
System interface that is API compatible with the enhance user satisfaction by
RealSpeak Text-to-Speech SDK allowing a more natural user
The ScanSoft ASR Embedded
family. interface
Development System provides
programmers with a set of visual and Scalable Deployment Language Support includes
command-line tools that allow them to American English, German, and
quickly add speech recognition to
Engine
The ASR Embedded Development French, with additional languages
hardware and software applications. under development
System supports the integration of the
Grammar Development Suite - Enables ASR-3200 speech recognition engine
the rapid development of application- into various developer applications.

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