RE: Telling HAL what to do (instead of where to go)

["Rob Winchell" <rbw@avs.com>]

I already have this! I press a switch and say "window down" and the window
goes down. Of course, I'm pressing the window switch.

But seriously folks...

The AutoPC (Windows CE based-box) is going to have a lot of features like
this, although specific features like sunroof and windows stuff would
probably have to be added by the manufacturer, instead of aftermarket. I
think MB and Cadillac are working on similar systems.

I think you could probably get a Windows CE box or Palm Pilot to understand
speech, but getting it to actually control electronics in the car would be a
whole other story.

Some of the good voice recognition companies have speech engines which
recognize context, so if you said "Sunroof, open" it would know the
difference from saying to your passenger "I wish the sunroof was open".

Some cars may already have some of this - I don't know.

Rob Winchell
91 200Q (voice activated phone at least)





> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> [mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Mike Arman
> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 1998 6:12 AM
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Telling HAL what to do (instead of where to go)
>
>
>
> Quiet Sunday Ruminations:
>
> I've had the same cruise control actuating rod problem twice -
> I'm going to
> look at using a "bead chain" - like on a light fixture or key chain -
> little metal beads on wire links. The vacuum motor pulls on the rod,
> opening the throttle - the rod "works" in tension, never compression, so a
> bead chain should work just fine. When the cruise control is off,
> the chain
> would be slack. Might want to thread it into a length of plastic tubing to
> keep it from snagging on anything - same problem, different flavor!
>
> Now how about this for Vorsprung Durch Technic: Voice control for some of
> the most common functions in our cars!
>
> Need a switch (like a pilot's push-to-talk switch) to keep idle
> conversation from actuating the system, and a voice recognition
> system with
> a vocabulary of maybe 50 or so words. (Can this be done on a chip? or a
> Palm Pilot with Windows CE?)
>
> (Press switch) "Sunroof. Open."    "Sunroof. Tilt."   "Sunroof. Close."
>
> (Press switch) "Doors. Lock."
>
> (Press switch) "Cruise. Faster." (maybe 3 MPH increments?)
> "Cruise. Slower."
>
> (Press switch) "Blinkers. Right"    Anyway, you get the idea.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Mike Arman
>