Usability evaluation of speech synthesis and recognition for improving the human interface to next generation data link communication systems

Author

Faerber, Robert A. ; Garloch, Julie L.

Author_Institution

Adv. Technol. Center, Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

This paper describes a usability analysis of concepts and procedures associated with the introduction of synthesized voice and automatic speech recognition for electronic data communications between flight crews and air traffic controllers. Several structured interviews with professional pilots were conducted over a period of two weeks. Questions posed to these experts were twofold. Will synthesized voice annunciation of data linked Air Traffic Control (ATC) messages improve the human interface and increase the ability of the pilot to interact with these ATC messages? Secondly, will an automatic speech recognition system increase the pilot´s ability to respond to and/or create new ATC data linked messages? This paper will highlight the results of this analysis and provide recommendations for designers

Keywords

air traffic control; aircraft communication; speech recognition; speech synthesis; Air Traffic Control messages; air traffic controllers; automatic speech recognition; data linked messages; electronic data communications; flight crews; next generation data link communication systems; professional pilots; speech recognition; speech synthesis; structured interviews; synthesized voice annunciation; Aerospace electronics; Air traffic control; Automatic speech recognition; Control system synthesis; Data communication; Humans; Speech analysis; Speech recognition; Speech synthesis; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 2000. Proceedings. DASC. The 19th

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6395-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.2000.884871

Filename

884871