| authors |
Neuckermans, H., De Ridder, T. and Geebelen, B. |
| year |
1998 |
| title |
Speech-Driven Computer-Aided Design - Innovation in Human-Computer Interaction |
| doi |
https://doi.org/10.52842/conf.caadria.1998.309
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| source |
CAADRIA ‘98 [Proceedings of The Third Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia / ISBN 4-907662-009] Osaka (Japan) 22-24 April 1998, pp. 309-316 |
| summary |
The use of computers in architectural design has shifted from what
initially was a very numerical approach into a graphical way and thus into a designerly
way of working. Through the extensive use of WIMPs CAAD packages today are more
or less user-friendly. In the meantime the ever increasing functionality of those
packages inflate the number of commands, actions, options and choices which have to
be activated with the mouse in order to generate a structured drawing. As a result
packages become rather cumbersome to handle.
In this research we have explored a new medium, namely speech, to tell the machine
what to do. With software for speech recognition and making use of a head-mounted
microphone we have built a far more user-friendly way of handling a CAD package.
Grids, snap, ortho, layers, settings and other commands that can be used in combination
with mouse actions are activated and deactivated by voice command. We are convinced
that this is a step further towards a more easy and natural way of using computers while
designing and certainly a way for speeding up the modeling of real architecture. The
experiment has been conducted for AutoCAD with the software for speech recognition
by Lernout & Hauspie. This new way of working is not limited to architecture and the
principle can be used right now for any other package, provided it has a programming
interface.
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| keywords |
Electronic Design Media, Human-Computer Interaction, Design |
| series |
CAADRIA |
| email |
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| more |
http://www.caadria.org |
| full text |
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