European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Talking to computers by Peter Coy associated Pressa surgeon hands Busy with the Many tasks of the operating room notes his findings simply by talking As he works. A computer listens and logs the information. A Jet fighter Pilot checks his fuel level by asking How much Gas is Tell. The on Board computer checks and gives him an answer. A child asks her toy Panda would you like to play yes it replies. Thai sounds such images Are no so far fetched experts say and no so far away. Teddy boars operating rooms and fighter bombers Ara being fitted out with the latest twist in computers simulation and understanding of human speech and dozens of companies Are looking Lor ways to use ii. One measure of interest in the still tiny Field is thai Industry giants International business machines corp. And american Telephone & Telegraph co. Made their first appearances this Spring at speech tech 86, an annual Trade show in new York. Ism is waking on a system thai converts speech into text a kind of voice operated typewriter White at to s system lets people make transactions and get information Iron a computer by speaking into an Ordinary Telephone. Speech is a very easy idea to sell because it s such a natural Richard Wiggins the show s program chairman said. He directs speech recognition research at Texas instruments inc. In Dallas. General motors corp. And Ford motor co. Are both using speech recognition devices from Intel corp. That allow Aulo workers to keep their hands and eyes free while noting defects in a car on the Assembly line. Wiggins said the defense department is pouring Money into speech research for possible use in aircraft and aude corp. Of Saddle Brook no plans to introduce its talking toy Panda in september the toy recognizes five phrases and makes responses he said sates of voice product should Rise to about $3.5 billion in 1995 from $114 Millon in 1985, estimates Eric Arnum. An analyst Lor International resource development inc. In Stamford Conn. This is where the computer Industry was in the Early 60s, we re at the poll where people Are amazed the devices work at All Arnum said. Speech technology is Likely to displace thousands of workers who use the Telephone to take orders make reservations and do other routine jobs Industry spokesmen say. A computer can do the Job at a fraction of the $30,000 a year it costs to hire and maintain an operator. Said alien Peterson vice president of marketing and sates for speech plus inc. In Mountain View Calif. To avoid conflict with labor unions companies such As speech plus say their machines should free people to do More creative work. Peterson said compute Are also doing some work people Don l like doing such As calling debtors and asking them to pay up. The person can say yes or no. But if he hangs of the computer notes that too he said. Automation goes Only so far though. Some by Tara Bradley Steck associated press eople who Are too shy to Tell an analyst about their sexual problems have an electronic alternative. They can talk to a computer instead. A computer program developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh will listen to people s sexual woes identify the source of the problem and even suggest treatment. Research shows people Are More Likely to talk about embarrassing kinds of things to a computer than to a person said or. David Servan Schreiber one of the researchers and the son of French author and economist Jean Jacques 3ervan-Schreiber, a therapist no matter How Good sometimes will inadvertently communicate his feelings and the person at the other end May feel thai. With a computer you Don l have that worry he said. Servan Schreiber. 25, developed the program under fellowships irom the robotics Institute at Carnegie Mallon and Western psychiatric Institute and clinic in Pittsburgh. Two sex therapists and two programmers Are helping him and a playwright created the computer s dialogue to make it interactive and sensitive Servan Schreiber said computer have been used before in psychiatry although the use is still experimental said Ken Colby a University of Wisconsin researcher who has studied the use of computers in assessing and treating mental health problems. He said he and his colleagues discovered that patients were More willing to talk about their sexual dysfunctions drinking drug abuse and suicide attempts when interviewed by a computer. The program is not meant to replace the human sea. Therapist but rather handle Basic problems that have identifiable solutions Servan Schreiber said. A Western psychiatric inst Lula Survey last year of happily married couples found that at least half were dissatisfied with their sex lives said or. Ellen Frank a clinical psychologist and associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh school of Medicine who conducted the study. Eby Dave Dob compute being developed to log Wrt offy . Newspapers that Are putting in speech recognition systems have a special feature so that if a customer wants to cancel his subscription a human being comes on to talk him out of it since each person s voice pattern is unique companies such As vol Ron systems inc. Are building Security systems that require people wanting to get into a building to say a Lew words into a microphone first. Sex therapy via computer those findings make sexual therapy an extremely significant area in which to work said Servan Schreiber nonetheless he said not everyone can afford sex counselling which can Cost from Iso to More than $75 an hour. Servan a Deiber said he is hoping the program will Cost less Man half a therapist s average fee. The researchers plan to last the program for Al least a year beginning this summer. To program called expert is designed to be used by a couple Over several sessions. Tow computer asks them about 100 questions most of them multiple Choice in the first session with each successive question influenced by the previous answer. The computer tries to gel an idea of the Quality of the relationship outside of the exact problem. Once it knows what the concern is. It tries to understand How this has All started he re not trying to build an electronic textbook or Page Turner. We re trying to build a Model and every Lime that Model is going to be different the computer then suggests a treatment program for the couple to follow. Latchkey kids came onto the american scene about 16 years ago. Parents put a key around theft child s neck with instructions to go straight Home irom school lock the ii was a great line. Some parents even delivered with a straight face can you honestly see 6.5 million kids sitting around in a darkened House watching the dating same please realistically some parents were sensitive to the emotional isolation and set up rules Lor social behaviour in the Home when school is out. They Are relevant in the summer months. Parents would do Well to Magnet these to their refrigerator for easy reference. Occupancy code for a single family Owen ans occupancy in this Home by More than 200 people is considered a Hazard to the stability of the Netah boyhood. And regular breathing. Early me rations a suggested to avoid disappointment. Rets Donot Tinget Sver Kitchen table or television As people Are waiting. Be considerate. Before entering premises guests must know at least the first names of the children. This is not a us for lonely children away from Home for the first time. Noise ordinance a zoning ordinance specifically slates the noise level May not exceed that of a hovering Jet Al 300 feel. Electronic equipment of any kind is not Welcome. Animal Protection Law if a dog is in residence and it barks tugs Al your leg tunnels under the door it indicates he would like to be let out. That to his Way of communicating. He needs water to survive. He has a Bow for his. There is no need to serve him water in daddy s Tennis trophy or a Waterford fruit bowl. Food mandate eating boiled Ham out of the package a considered a Federal offence punishable by no lunch for a week. Tow refrigerator has a hidden camera and will later be used in tracking Down offenders who will be brought to a Swift Justice. Eat atone. It your Mother and father wanted to feed the world they worm throw a telethon. Refrigerator food does my have legs. It must be manually picked up and put Back or it will turn Green and make everyone sick. Green is not a Happy color. Phone regulations do not Lake Down messages in the Kitty litter. There is margin for error. Long distance Calls must be cleared with Check writer of family. Before you Call your parents Al work ask yourself will there be reprisals in House fighting statute do not bleed on anything that you cannot wipe off with a sponge. Food lights leave stains and Are not understood by parents. I m telling is a phrase that May leave you an orphan. Don t overuse it. Finally Coats books lunch boxes and school males left Over 30 Days win be sold by the owners at Public auction. Monday july 7, 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 17
