In:
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Vol. 54, No. 1_Supplement ( 1973-07-01), p. 339-340
Abstract:
Customarily, in wiring communications equipment, a production-line assembler reads and follows a complex printed list of instructions. His eyes and hands are consequently diverted from the assembly task, resulting in delays and errors. Having the wiring instructions spoken aloud, by a recorded tape, eliminates the difficulties. The tape may, of course, be recorded by a human speaker, but the procedure is burdensome. Frequent modification and updating of the instructions becomes tedious and inefficient. Also, the wire lists are typically designed by computer and exist originally in computer form. A logical step, therefore, is to have the computer speak the instructions (instead of print them), and to automatically record the computer speech on magnetic cassettes for production-line use by the assembler. We describe an automatic voice-response system implemented for this purpose. The system utilizes the Acoustics Research DDP-516 computer facility. A word library ia stored on fixed-head disk, either in data-reduced form (formant functions) or as DPCM digital waveform. A concatenation program, commanded by the input wire list, assembles, speaks, and automatically records each instruction. At this writing, eight assembly jobs have been completed for experimental use by the Western Electric Company. In the most recent, the technique has been extended from production-line assembly to central-office wiring for an ESS-1 installation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-4966
,
1520-8524
Language:
English
Publisher:
Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
Publication Date:
1973
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1461063-2
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