Voice Response Translator (VRT): Support for Prototype Development and Results of Initial Field Testing

摘要

The Voice Response Translator (VRT) is a speaker-dependent, one-way translator designed to assist Law Enforcement Officers in communicating with non-English speaking individuals. The prototype device is being developed by Integrated Wave Technologies, Inc, (IWT) and Eagan, McAllister Associates (EMA) through funding from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). The VRT uses voice recognition technologies developed in the former Soviet Union. The device, on initial operation, requires users to program or train the unit to their voice patterns for specific trigger phrases. When spoken, the VRT will respond to the trigger phrase with an audio (recorded human voice) translation in a complete command or sentence, in the selected language.