Cable tester offers voice control

Acton, Mass. — CAMI Research Inc. has released new software for its CableEye cable and wire harness tester that allows production engineers to use synthetic speech and voice recognition for hands-free operation. Synthetic speech may be employed during production to read pin numbers or provide assembly instructions. Speech modules are available in English, Spanish, French or German.

A single-ear USB headset with a noise-canceling microphone allows the system to operate in a noisy environment while still permitting the worker to hear ringing telephones, pages, or fire alarms. Voice control can be used alone or in combination with standard button controls and bar-code scanning to obtain the optimal efficiency for specific tasks.

Windows XP and Vista include basic male and female voice fonts, and a speech recognizer. High-quality voice fonts from AT&T may be used for more realistic speech sound and are available from CAMI Research.

Pricing: The CableEye Model M3U cable tester (including software and free tech support) is priced at $2,195 for 152 test points, and is expandable to over 2000 points. The speech function is built-in. A high-quality AT&T voice font adds $95 to the system price and can be provided with English, Spanish, French or German speech modules.
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CAMI Research Inc., www.cableeye.com