Mitsubishi Electric Develops World's First Voice-activated Drawing Function That Displays Spoken Words Where Finger Is Traced...
09 February 2016 - 12:30PM
Business Wire
For smooth communication that transcend
disabilities or foreign languages
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today
that it has developed the world’s first* technology combining
voice-recognition and drawing functions to enable users to display
their spoken words on a tablet or smartphone by simply dragging
their finger across the screen. The technology is expected to be
combined with other functions, such as, picture drawing and
multilingual translation, to help people transcend disabilities and
foreign languages for smoother global communication.* As of the
date of release: February 9, 2016
Key Features
World's first user interface for voice-activated
drawing
- By pressing down on the screen and then
speaking, spoken words can be displayed wherever the finger is
dragged across the screen.
- Words stream behind the user’s
fingertip for an intuitive and enjoyable experience.
- No need to write out words, so easier
than conversing by writing.
- Other functions can be added for
innovative and diverse applications.
Works with other functions for wider applicability
- The technology can be combined with a
picture-drawing function to create illustrations, maps and other
graphics augmented with text, enabling richer expressiveness and
enhanced understanding.
- The addition of multilingual
translation would enable displayed words to be translated for
face-to-face communication with speakers of other languages.
Possible Applications
With picture drawing
People with hearing disabilities cannot watch the speakers’
mouth and hand movements simultaneously, making it difficult to
understand a conversation involving spoken words and hand
movements. Mitsubishi Electric’s new technology allows a listener
with a hearing disability to continue looking at the screen while
the speaker talks and gestures with their hands.
With multilingual translation
Words displayed on the screen can be translated into other
languages and then read out automatically.
With background images
Stored images displayed on a screen can be overlaid with text of
the speaker’s words to explain the content of the images more
clearly.
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