Goals

To develop a voice-operated procedure browserand astronaut assistant for the International Space Station.

Objectives

As the project has progressed, the followingkey objectives have emerged:

• Procedure-independent
  The browser should be a general tool that can accept any suitably formatted new procedure as a data object.
• Flexible command vocabulary
  The user should be able to move freely around the current procedure and carry out other related activities, entirely using voice commands.
• Hands-free operation
  The system should be usable in an "open-mic" mode, where it can distinguish between voice commands requiring a response and speech directed at other people.
• Robust dialogue
  It should be possible to undo or correct any misrecognition or inappropriate response with a single voice command.
• High-quality spoken output
  Text read by the browser must be clearly comprehensible, even in noisy background conditions.

Applications