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Voice Recognition Software & Head-Mounted Computers

Are you ready for voice recognition software and head-mounted computers? If so you will be thrilled to learn about all the great things Motorola has in store for us! Get ready to get in line like everyone else who is interested in enjoying him or herself.

Kopin  has shown off a Motorola-branded computer built into a Bluetooth headset that provides a virtual 15-inch display by means of a swing-down eyepiece. According to the company, The “Golden-i” incorporates speech recognition and weighs three ounces. You can run it on Linux or Windows CE for more than eight hours per charge.

BlueRadios announced last week that the WiPC portable media player (right) is similar to the Golden-i incorporates Kopin’s CyberDisplay, a “third-generation” micro-display. It provides 800 x 600 - pixel resolution and measures in at 0.6 inches diagonally. It claims to appear much like a15-inch monitor while being positioned near the eye. However, the WiPC features the design of content snacking since you must manually hold it up to the eye. The Golden-i is incorporated into a Bluetooth headset.

The Golden-i uses its Bluetooth 2.0 radio to make a wide area connection through a cellular phone or other host device with a design that provides the user with remote access to their online office desktop computer, according to Kopin. Kopin also claims the headset that runs Windows CE 6.0 R2, offers “full hands-free access to all PC applications, data files, and services,” by the use of Nuance VoCon 3200 speech recognition software. Users can zoom in and out on their remote desktops by operating a cursor with “nearly pixel-for-pixel accuracy” thanks to an integral, six-axis position tracker from Hillcrest Labs. That is pretty impressive!

Kopin, released renderings of the Golden-i that carry Motorola branding. It also provides documentation to the press suggesting that Motorola may bring this device into market. Despite the financial losses of the parent company and the falling market share of the Motorola handset division, Moto’s Enterprise Mobile Solutions group continues to be successful in generating profits.

Kopin does not say if any type of software comes with the Golden-i other than to emphasize a possibility of accessing enterprise computers by means of Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP. However, according to the company, the headset offers “hands-free spontaneous access to all digital information, broadcast programming and Internet services.” It is compatible with 480p (720 x 480 pixel) video at up to 30 frames per second. Apparently, WiFi is not included in the initial prototypes. However, the company does say that it will later be added for autonomous web browsing.

According to Kopin, the Golden-i’s speech recognition offers “over 90 percent proficiency straight out of the box.” It does not require push to talk buttons and it is always on standby to react to user requests. Additionally, the device can incorporate text-to-speech capabilities, which enables it to read back text documents such as webpages and e-mails as well as other types of displayable screen text.

As mentioned earlier, the Golden-i like the WiPC uses a Cortex-A8-based Texas Instruments OMAP3530 system-on-chip (SoC) clocked at 600MHz. There is no mention as to the amount of memory included on the device. However, the headset includes both a microSD expansion slot and a mini-USB port, according to Kopin. The headset operates for more than 8 hours using a single 1200 mAh battery, according to the company.

WiPC features and specifications include:

- TI OMAP3530 clocked at 600MHz Processor
- Kopin SVGA (800 x 600) liquid crystal micro display LCD Display
- Other I/O –1 x USB
- User Interface that incorporates motion sensing and speech recognition
- microSD slot Expansion
- A Power source of 1200 mAh battery provides more than eight hours of operation.
- Networking: with Bluetooth 2.0 and soon WiFi will be offered

It is compatible with Windows CE and Linux operating systems and weights in at 85 grams or 3 ounces.
More than 30 million micro displays such as those commonly useful devices as camcorders, digital cameras, thermal weapon sights and night vision systems as well as personal video eyewear, has already been shipped according to Kopin. More than 200 global patents and patents pending protect the company’s proprietary displays and heterojunction bipolar transistors or HBTs.

Availability

Golden-i prototypes will soon be placed with “several industrial organizations” for several months of field-testing and evaluation says Kopin. The company also adds that, mass production is expected to begin in 2010.

In conclusion, it sounds as though we are swiftly moving into the next century and will be able to enjoy all the wonders of today’s technology tomorrow!

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