In support of Force Health Protection, the U.S. Navy has launched a Naval Voice Interactive Device (NVID) project that leverages existing technologies to facilitate automation of the business practices of Navy medicine. The goal of the NVID project is to create a lightweight, portable computing device that uses speech recognition to enter shipboard environmental survey data into a computer database, and to generate reports to fulfill surveillance requirements. This article examines the process used by the Navy to develop and test the NVID. The NVID prototype is a compact, mobile computing device that includes voice interactive technology, stylus screen input capability, and an indoor-readable display that enables shipboard medical personnel to complete environmental survey checklists, view reference materials related to these checklists, manage tasks and generate reports using the collected data. Despite current limitation in speech technology, the NVID prototype was successful in reducing the time needed to complete inspections, supporting local reporting requirements, and allowing corpsmen to complete surveys expeditiously.


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    Title :

    Voice says it all in the Navy


    Contributors:
    Paper, D.J. (author) / Rodger, J.A. (author) / Simon, S.J. (author)

    Published in:

    Communications of the ACM ; 47 , 8 ; 97-101


    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    5 Seiten, 6 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English