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Learn how to use speech commands to speed up and simplify your computer tasks, minimizing steps and enabling easy combinations. Discover keys to efficient speech recognition and control to enhance your workflow. Explore human-machine grammar and important factors in memory processing for optimized computer interactions.
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Pardon Me, Your Computer’s Showing Using speech to speed and streamline desktop computing Kimberly Patch President, Redstart Systems SpeechTek West February 22, 2007
Keys to Using Speech to Speed • and Streamline Computer Control • Minimizing steps • Making commands easy to remember • Enabling combinations
Human-Machine Grammar • Follows the way the brain works • Designed for controlling a computer
Keys to Using Speech to Speed • and Streamline Computer Control • Minimizing steps
Tap existing knowledge, but don’t let experience confine new methods of communication.
Retrieving a Picture 11 steps
Retrieving a Picture 11 steps
Retrieving a Picture 3 steps 2 steps
Address Email and Add Subject, First Line 12 steps3 steps
Keys to Using Speech to Speed • and Streamline Computer Control • Minimizing steps • Making commands easy to remember
Chair Dance Teeth Grow
Important Factors • How the brain processes words
Important Factors • How the brain processes words • Memory chunking
Important Factors • How the brain processes words • Memory chunking • Six degrees of separation
Human-Machine Grammar • No synonyms
Human-Machine Grammar • No synonyms • Logical rules to minimize wording possibilities
Human-Machine Grammar • No synonyms • Logical rules to minimize wording possibilities • Follows the way the brain uses language
Most Common HMG Rules • Match words used for a command as closely as possible • with what the command does • Be consistent • Eliminate synonyms • Follow the way people naturally adjust language to fit • a situation • Follow the order of events
Common Commands Speech On Line Copy 3 Before Window Close Screen Clear
Keys to Using Speech to Speed • and Streamline Computer Control • Minimizing steps • Making commands easy to remember • Enabling combinations
Carnegie Mellon Study 74% of users prefer a structured rather than natural language approach to speech recognition Speech Graffiti Vs. Natural Language: Assessing the User Experience, Stephanie Tomko and Roni Rosenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University www.cs.cmu.edu/~usi/papers/HLT04.pdf
Command Language Based on Efficient Human Process • Minimal steps
Command Language Based on Efficient Human Process • Minimal steps • Easy-to-remember commands
Command Language Based on Efficient Human Process • Minimal steps • Easy-to-remember commands • Combinations
Beyond the Keyboard and Mouse • Speech links • Document access and navigation • Favorites-like lists • Virtual calculator
Word Help – Insert a Special Character 8 steps 7 steps
Beyond the Keyboard and Mouse • Speech links • Document access and navigation • Favorites-like lists • Virtual calculator
kim@redstartsystems.com • www.redstartsystems.com • Human-Machine Grammar • Papers and presentations • Utter Command – speech interface software • that works the way your brain does