Title :
The Back Seat Driver: real time spoken driving instructions
Author :
Davis, James Raymond ; Schmandt, Christopher M.
Author_Institution :
Media Lab., MIT, Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
An automobile navigation aid that uses synthetic speech to give instruction to the driver of a car in real time is described. The advantage of speech is that it leaves the driver´s eyes free for driving; however, it also poses special problems. The strategies employed by the Back Seat Driver to use speech successfully are described. The linguistic abilities are discussed, and the problems encountered because of the exclusive use of speech are described. The way in which these problems were overcome is described.<>
Keywords :
automotive electronics; computational linguistics; computerised navigation; real-time systems; speech synthesis; Back Seat Driver; linguistic abilities; navigation aid; real time; spoken driving instructions; strategies; synthetic speech; Automobiles; Databases; Dead reckoning; Eyes; Graphics; Law; Legal factors; National electric code; Speech; Vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Navigation and Information Systems Conference, 1989. Conference Record
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-9692316-2-8
DOI :
10.1109/VNIS.1989.98754
