Category: Welcome
Spam Problems on the Blog
By Dr. Jim on Sep 22, 2009 | In Welcome
Dr. Jim's Corner has been receiving a lot of spam lately, in the form of visitors comments. I understand these spam-filled comments are reaching your emails as well.
In an effort to curtail the spam on our blog, we have turned off user comments. I… more »
Free Limited Experimental Voice Recognition Software
By Dr. Jim on Sep 18, 2009 | In Welcome
Dr. Jim will be releasing a free version of his Voice Recognition software in the fourth quarter of 2009. It should run on any Parallax Propeller system.
Users will need to build the microphone amplifier and the Carrier Wave Removal hardware for this… more »
Dr. Jim Solicits Programming Talent
By Dr. Jim on Sep 5, 2009 | In Welcome, Programming, Applications
Dr. Jim is now soliciting programming talent for help with parts of his project to bring machine intelligence to the Parallax Propeller.
This will be an unpaid position, but Dr. Gouge will see that your name and contribution to the project is publishe… more »
Audio Input for Voice Recognition
By Dr. Jim on Sep 3, 2009 | In Welcome
Dr. Jim has created an audio filter for his voice recognition software. It takes raw vocal data, amplifies it (first pic is the amplifier schematic), then passes it through a circuit he built that will take out the vocal cords, what he calls the "carrie… more »
Voice Recognition Analysis
By Dr. Jim on Aug 20, 2009 | In Welcome, Science, Applications
The computer world has struggled with voice recognition and its correct implementation for many years. Primitive and very poor attempts have been achieved thus far.
We will look at this problem starting from empirical observation of the human as a mo… more »