1. By Chance Berman and Clark Baumgartner

2. 1. Introduction 2. History 3. Modern Applications 4. Case Study 5. Ethical Analysis

3.  Voice recognition  Speech recognition - converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker.

4.  Voice Recognition software: ◦ began in the 1936 with ATT&T's Bell Labs. ◦ First company to launch a commercial product was Covox in 1982. ◦ Along with (or bundled) this introduction of sound to computers came Speech Recognition.

5.  Voice Recognition software: ◦ Dragon Systems.  Scansoft, Inc.  Accuracy levels have reached 95% and better with transcription speeds at over 160 words per minutes!!!

6.  Healthcare  Patients with disabilities  Deaf  RSI(Repetitive Strain Injury)  Military ◦ U.S. program -Advanced Fighter Technology Integration (AFTIF)  F-35 and French Mirage aircraft.

7.  Xbox Kinect: ◦ Video/ audio input applications allow for user to play games and surf the web via voice command.  iPhone 4s: ◦ Siri- able of taking commands from user and outputting an aswer.  ASIMO: ◦ Robot made by Honda headquarters in Japan that is capable of working in a human environment.

8. F-35 Xbox Kinect Siri

10.  ER Department of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, QC.  Wireless speech recognition in the ER ◦ Challenge ◦ Solution

12.  Act Utilitarianism?  Social Contract Theory?

14.  http://www.dragon-medical- transcription.com/historyspeechrecognition.html http://www.dragon-medical- transcription.com/historyspeechrecognition.html  http://www.lumenvox.com/resources/tips/histor yOfSpeechRecognition.aspx http://www.lumenvox.com/resources/tips/histor yOfSpeechRecognition.aspx  http://www.crescendo.com/en/cstudies/wireless -speech-recognition-er.php http://www.crescendo.com/en/cstudies/wireless -speech-recognition-er.php  http://gigaom.com/apple/get-a-taste-of-siri- on-os-x-with-nuances-dragon-express/ http://gigaom.com/apple/get-a-taste-of-siri- on-os-x-with-nuances-dragon-express/