ASR Embedded Development Systems:
The best way for developers to add speech recognition to
automotive, mobile and PC applications
The ScanSoft® ASR Embedded
Development System is a com-
plete rapid programming and
scalable deployment
solution for adding speech
recognition to hardware and
software applications. Ideal
for automotive, mobile and
PC implementations, its
suite of developer tools lets
all developers create highly
accurate and effective
speech recognition
applications, whether they
are expert at automatic
speech recognition (ASR)
or new to the technology.
Included in the system is
the ASR-3200 speech
recognition engine, which
builds upon the popular
ScanSoft ASR-1600, the
reference speech SDK on
Microsoft® Windows® CE
for Automotive. The ASR-
3200 delivers speaker-
independent and continuous speech
capabilities within an architecture that can
scale to meet specific grammar and
deployment platform requirements. Better
still, its noise management and acoustical
capabilities allow you to deliver speech
recognition where and when you need it.
The ASR Embedded Development System
is a member of ScanSoft's family of speech
solutions, which meet the demanding
requirements of customers throughout the
world — including Clarion, Microsoft, and
Pioneer.
Benefits
 Reduce programmer training
requirements by using a rapid
development interface within
a familiar Microsoft
Windows environment
 Add speech recognition to
more applications and support
a range of noise
environments, operating
systems and platforms using
the highly accurate ScanSoft
ASR-3200 speech recognition
engine
 Leverage high-level tools
that require less time to create
speech recognition interfaces
and gain more time to spend
on application features and
capabilities
 Target a global market opportunity (keyboard replaced by speech
through built-in support for accents and recognition) and eyes-free (screen
languages complemented by speech output)
 Improve customer satisfaction through operations. Users can access information
the consistent creation of highly accurate even while driving, leaving their hands on
and effective speech recognition the wheel and eyes on the road. By adding
applications speech recognition to navigation systems,
 Create standardized code that mobile phones, telematic services and
reduces overall engineering command and control of in-vehicle
costs and simplifies code applications, drivers are able to
maintenance tasks remain connected and productive on the
 Benefit from a scalable road while keeping their hands on the
speech recognition wheel.
environment that enables the
Mobile Applications – For the
re-use of code, giving you mobile professional, accessing
the ability to leverage
information while away from
development investments the office is more critical than
across multiple projects
ever. Today's mobile
applications offer users timely
Applications access to crucial business
The flexibility of the ScanSoft ASR information such as business
Embedded Development System allows appointments, e-mails, customer records
developers to integrate a range of speech in the company database, and stock
quotes. Automatic speech recognition
recognition engines into multiple
applications where speech recognition is a (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS)
viable method of input. Areas of technologies can run on today's mobile
specialization include: devices such as PDA’s, exploiting their
power and connectivity.
Automotive Applications – The
automobile mandates a hands-free,
eyes-free environment. Speech
technologies enable hands-free
 Industrial Applications specific grammars and SpeechPearl ASR-
word pronunciation, 3200 Engine
ASR technology can removing the need for
The new ScanSoft ASR-3200 speech
integrate seamlessly and the developer to have
recognition engine is a significant
comfortably into a profound
technological advancement for embedded
industrial applications understanding of
speech applications. It extends the
where the use of hands r e c o gn i t i o n
success of the ASR-1600, significantly
is limited. Traditional characteristics and
enhancing accuracy and for the first time
industrial situations parameters. It also
supporting a scalable grammar and
and processes in envi- removes the need to
deployment capability, a prerequisite for
ronments such as have large collections
applications targeting automobiles. The
warehouse order o f r e c o r d ed d a t a
ASR-3200 has sophisticated noise-
picking, machine samples. The suite
management capabilities, making it an
repair reference lookup includes a Grammar
ideal solution for all in-vehicle
or diagnostic machine E d i t o r , G r a mma r
applications, when still and at high speed.
hands-free interface Cr ea t or T o o l ,
Most impressive are its broad speaker-
can yield unparalleled Grammar Compiler
independent language support and
benefits, improving Tool, Vocabulary
continuous speech capabilities, both
workflow and Verifier Tool, Context
critical for developing applications for a
significantly enhancing Verifier Tool,
global marketplace.
productivity. Confusability Tool, Recognition Test
Tool, User Dictionary Editor (for Capabilities
PC and Tablet PC Applications -
Exception Dictionaries).
Speaker-independent speech Superior Accuracy and Noise
recognition is becoming an important R e c o g n i t i o n An a l y s i s S u i t e - Management combine to support the
requirement for PC applications, Accelerates the optimization of speech deployment of applications to a range of
especially those target- recognition for specific applications and user, microphone and vehicle speed
ing Tablet PC and environments. It provides tools that environments
Pocket PC devices. identify and remove causes of possible
ASR delivers seamless recognition errors, such as bad signal Scalable Grammar and Deployment
interaction between quality. Robust data analysis reports capability, which is a prerequisite for
the user and applica- provide developers with detailed applications targeting automobiles and
tion, especially for i n f or m a t i o n o n p er f or m a n c e embedded devices
launching and closing characteristics and how to improve Speaker-Independence and Speaker
applications, navigat- them. Included in the suite is an Audio Adaptation features enhance the user
ing operating system Data Collector, Speech Verifier, Batch experience through accuracy and the
and application inter- Recognition Tool, Scoring Tool, Sound elimination of voice training
faces, using multi- Tool, Logging Importer Tool, Logging
page electronic forms and documents, Extractor Tool, Test CD creator tool. Advanced Phoneme-Based Recognition
and enhancing the gaming increases accuracy and supports more
SpeechPearl ASR-3200 Engine -
experience. granular voice commands
Supports the cross-platform ScanSoft
Rapid Development SpeechAPI, a standardized programming Continuous-Speech capabilities
System interface that is API compatible with the enhance user satisfaction by
The ScanSoft ASR Embedded RealSpeak TM Text-to-Speech SDK allowing a more natural user
Development System provides family. interface
programmers with a set of visual and Scalable Deployment Language Support includes
command-line tools that allow them to American English, German, and
quickly add speech recognition to
Engine
The ASR Embedded Development French, with additional languages
hardware and software applications. under development
System supports the integration of the
Grammar Development Suite - Enables ASR-3200 speech recognition engine
the rapid development of application- into various developer applications.

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