Speech recognition for data input and control systems in agriculture

This paper presents a mobile, speech controlled data acquisition system for protocol tasks in the agricultural environment. The demonstrator presented consists of a PALM-Plattform, which is extended by a hardware based speech control. Algorithmic components of the speech control and special features of the proposed solution are discussed more in detail. The speech control is robust against changing environmental conditions (Stable and outdoor A applications, background noises like cattle sounds and machine noise) and simplifies data acquisition tasks as well as allows to parallelize and shorten routine tasks for the farmer. The result is an increase in productivity and a release from routine tasks.