What does Katalavox mean?
"Katala" = to understand (modern Greek)
"vox" = voice (Latin)
Katalavox' early Milestones:
| Paris, September 1982: | The prototype of the Katalavox is presented at the Paris Auto Show in a car, activating electric functions, such as lights, turn-signals, wiper, washer and horn by voice-command. |
| London, July 1983: | The world's first electric wheelchair directed by a speech recognition control system (Katalavox) available to the general public was introduced at the convention of the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthetics in London. |
| Mulhouse, January 1984: | The first driver's license requiring the use of a speech recognition control system was issued to a disabled person in Mulhouse, France, whose car was equipped with the Katalavox. |
| Tokyo, April 1984: | The German Ministry of Science and Technology exhibits in Tokyo a Mercedes 190E with the Katalavox, activating 50 functions by voice. |
| Paris, December 1984: | The first use of the Katalavox in micro-surgery: at the Rothschild Foundation Hospital in Paris, Dr. Daniele Aron Rosa performs a cataract surgery, controlling her microscope by voice command. |
| Moscow, November 1985: | Prof. Dr. S. Fyodorov, Director of the Moscow Research Institute of Eye Microsurgery introduces his newly designed clinic with three microscopes equipped with Katalavox. |
What are its specifications?
| The Katalavox speech-recognition system has the following specifications: |
| - it is a speaker-dependant system |
| - it is an isolated word recognizer (utterances up to 1.5 sec) |
| - it has a fast response time approx. 50 msec. |
| - it can work in noisy environments |
What are its applications?
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The Katalavox is used in the following applications:
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| Who was the first user in the United States of America? |
Answer| Where is it used? |
| The Katalavox is used in many countries around the world. It is used in the USA, Russia, China, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, England, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland,... |
