VOICE PROCESSING FOR COMMAND AND CONTROL APPLICATION

DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A WIDE RANGE OF ARMY PERSONNEL VERBALLY COMMUNICATING WITH ARMY COMMAND AND CONTROL APPLICATIONS AS A REPLACEMENT FOR OR ADJUNCT TO THE MORE TRADITIONAL INPUT/OUT DEVICES (I.E., KEYBOARD, TOUCH-SCREEN, TRACKBALL, JOYSTICK, ETC.). COMMON MILITARY LANGUAGE INPUT WILL BE RECOGNIZABLE AND ACTED UPON BY THE C2 APPLICATION; DEVELOPED INTERFACE DRIVERS WILL INTERPRET COMMANDS USING AN ATCCS UNIVERSAL APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE. A MICROCHIP WILL BE DEVELOPED CONTAINING THE VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN THE APPLICATION PROGRAM AND THE COMPUTER HARDWARE, THEN VOICE RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES CAN BECOME MORE FLEXIBLE FOR PORTABLE AND REMOTE USER ACCESS. THE COMMON HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT IS AN EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY SINCE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM CAPABILITY FOR IT WILL ENABLE OTHER PLANNED COMPATIBLE COMPUTER FAMILY MEMBERS TO HAVE VOICE INPUT AS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF INTERFACING WITH THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF ATCCS APPLICATIONS. THE VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH THE APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE VOICE INPUT INTO A SUITABLE FORMAT FOR MOST C2 APPLICATIONS INCLUDING BATTALION AND BELOW C2 AND SOLDIERS' COMPUTER INPUT/OUTPUT INTERFACE MINIATURIZATION. COMPUTER GENERATED VOICE OUTPUT WILL DEMONSTRATE COMPETITIVE CANDIDATE METHODS, INCLUDING: UNLIMITED TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS, A PREDEFINED LIBRARY, AND HIGH QUALITY DIGITAL REPRODUCTION CAPABILITY.