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PARROT : VOICE ORGANIZOR AND VOICE TECHNOLOGY FOR BLIND PEOPLE

NOTTON Evelyne
Software Engineer PARROT
28, rue Meslay
75003 Paris, France
+33 (0) 1 44 78 81 10
E-mail : notton@parrot.fr 
WWW : http://www.trimaran.fr/demo/parrot/

This half an hour presentation will introduce PARROT voice recognition technology and products.

What is voice recognition ? A way to act on your environment by only say the appropriate command. It is easy to use. Think about these applications : make a phone call, switch on and use a radio, record your appointment or your memo, etc … ". Parrot SA has developed and manufacture a voice organizor very useful for blind peoples . Our product is now selling in the US and Canada.

PARROT, actually 15 people, was created in 1994. Our job is based on voice recognition technology.

We have already developed several products:

• Voice recognition organizer :
  It is an electronic diary, in which you can record phone numbers, addresses, memo and appointments. It is a full voice product. You input your data by speaking them, you get the answer by voice, you search your data by voice recognition. You just say "John" and the Parrot organizer answers "John" and says the phone number. You can check your meeting information and messages just by listening to them. If you need an alarm, Parrot can awake you by playing music. It is actually distributed in Europe and Japan. In the US we are distributed by the NFB, LS & S, Myna, ILA
• Our technology is also useful for a variety of products including a full duplex hands free car kit for cellular phones, with echo cancellation and noise reduction algorithms. It increases safety because you don’t have to take the handset : you just speak the name, and the call is send after two seconds. When the phone rings, the corresponding name is announced if known, else it says the phone number.
• We provide chipset to our customers to integrate voice recognition, and voice processing into a large variety of products as any special electronic products for blinds to create a voice interface. "Parrot 3" is ready to integrate voice recognition in any electronic good as radio, home products, etc.

In summary, this presentation will give you the opportunity to learn how to use these full voice recognition products, and think about new applications using this technology.

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