An artist used a software program called Vocal Joystick to create this drawing of Mount Fuji. The software gives people with reduced or nonexistent use of their hands the ability to control a computer cursor by mouthing vowel sounds.
(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News)SEATTLE--For many Iraq war veterans who have returned home with debilitating injuries that, for example, make it impossible to use their hands, doing anything on a computer is a hopeless task.
But a research project under way in the University of Washington's electrical engineering, linguistics and computer science departments could be the latest tool at such veterans' disposal, as well as for anyone who lacks the full use of their hands.
The project, known as the Vocal Joystick, is designed to allow someone to control a computer cursor using nothing more than their voice.
University of Washington graduate student Jon Malkin, who spoke at the Gnomedex conference here Saturday, described it is an extension of speech recognition technology.
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