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The Synapse TAP Device is at the center of Synapse TAP Workstation. The TAP
Device is responsible for converting keystroke and mouse events originating
in the speech accessing computer and converting them into understandable
events before presenting them to the host computer. Because the host
computer is receiving only keystrokes and mouse events no issues of
compatibility can develop. The installation of a Synapse TAP Workstation
does not require that any software be installed on the host computer. The
compute intensive task of speech recognition occurs entirely on the speech
accessing side of the system and therefore no loss of performance on the
host computer can occur.
One large vocabulary (60,000 words) speech accessing computer may
communicate with many platforms. Additional TAP devices are required for
each host computer. With the addition of a
Synapse TAP Switch it
is possible to control a Sun Workstation, a Silicon Graphics Workstation, a
HP UNIX Workstation, a Macintosh and a PC running any operating system from
one accessing machine at the same time.
Portability is another principal benefit of a Synapse TAP Workstation. No
software is required on the host machine. Simply plug a Synapse TAP
Workstation into any host computer the workstation supports.
Synapse is developing new solutions for the TAP that are even more
portable and wireless. In the future a wireless handheld Synapse TAP
Workstation will allow users to communicate to any computer regardless of
platform or operating system. Smaller and more portable Synapse TAP
Workstations are currently in development and a wearable version will be
available soon.
Features:
Voice recognition cross-platform access to Networks, Mac, SGI, SUN, HP
UNIX, PCs running any operating system and mainframes. Access to
DOS/Windows/Win95/NT applications Internet/Intranet/network connectivity.
Options:
Headmouse,
Eye-tracking or other alternative pointing devices. Motorized adjustable
workstation furniture. Single-switch interface. Augmentative communication
tools.
Synapse TAP System Clients Include:
Boeing, Lockheed, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, California State
Automobile Association, National Security Agency, Hewitt-Packard, Sun
Microsystems, Silicon Graphics, Lam Research, Stanford University. |
