I asked probably 30 different people at the IWF if they'd seen a headset that can kill noise, yet allow normal conversation to be heard, as well as provide for a high level of automation using voice recognition technology. No one seems to have it.
Any of you grease monkeys out there know if the automotive folks are using something like this? It's gotta exist out there....
JP
************************* I'm just not that smart.Jay Pique wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
I'm not sure that I understand what you are asking for. There are lots of noise cancelling headsets available, and many of them have microphones in order to allow people to communicate. Here's an example:
However, where does voice recognition software come into this? It's not as if the headsets need to recognize any voice commands.
I don't care for that term. I don't know a monkey that can rebuild a carburetor.
Oops. Wrong newsgroup. Should be alt.tv.seinfeld
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Jay, you are looking for ANR (active noise reduction). Started out in the aviation area.
I should have added that if you want a mic to use for voice recognition in a high noise environment, you probably should look for a jawbone pickup or throat mic (if you can find it).
Greg
Try these...
On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 11:23:33 GMT, "Dave jackson" vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:
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I wish they said how ell it works....
You are, of course, right. My apologies to the mechanics.
JP
Thanks much for the link above - it's the closest thing I've seen to what I'm envisioning. There was an older thread called The Ultimate Earmuffs a while back -
Basically I'd like the headset shown in your link, that has the ability to tie into and control a pc via voice recognition. For example, if the phone rang (and it would make a tone in my headset when it did) I would simply say "Answer phone" and I would be connected to the caller. If I chose not to answer I could say "Send to voicemail" or something.
JP
If, given enough time, they can write the complete works of Shakespeare, a mere carburetor should _not_ be much of a challenge.
Theoretically it is a standard hearing protector with a microphone and speakers in each earmuff which shuts off at 85 db leaving just the hearing protector.
Mine works poorly, failing to shut off a lot of the time. At low dB it lets you hear conversation or the radio, but sounds extremely cheap and tinny. Got mine as a gift and will sell it cheap.
Jay Pique wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
That capability is already "built in", at least in a basic sense. Just feed the headset microphone/audio leads into your PC's sound card. From there, you need to buy a good voice recognition package to run on your PC.
This is also software/hardware for your PC, and doesn't have anything to do with the headset -- that is just the I/O device. PC software to do this sort of thing is available from multiple companies. Try this company's products for a start:
The voice recognition is really something that has to happen on the PC side. looks interesting but haven't tried it. You _might_ be able to use it with one of the Olympia Bluetooth phones that lets you use just about any Bluetooth headset. Many Bluetooth headsets have noise cancelling microphones and some are small enough that you could use them in conjunction with a set of electronic noise-cancelling earmuffs, but you'd have to find one with the controls located where the could be reached with the muffs or or take one apart and wire in some switches.
In the off chance that this slipped over everyone's heads, my line was a quote from a Seinfeld episode. That was why I made mention of alt.tv.seinfeld, a group which I also frequent.
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Nah! Shaksper _never_ did his own mechanical work!
***************************************************** the snappy ones are the bestOn Sat, 04 Sep 2004 09:51:38 -0500, Gerald Ross vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:
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Yeah, that's fine. But how good is the passive hearing protection?
My hearing is _extremely dear_ to me (now that it's a bit too late :-< )
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There have been web monkeys pounding away at Usenet for about 20 years. No Shakespeare yet.
Not as good noise attenuation as with my old cheap WalMart earmuff protectors. Plus at times I had to reach up and turn off the microphone to get that. Plus with the batteries it is heavier.
On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 22:08:17 -0500, Gerald Ross vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email OK. Thanks. I will stick my good oold "32dB" serious set for now, or cough up for a $200 flier's rig.
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