In the context of the MEVAC project, Vocapia in partnership with LIMSI, will
study solutions to monitor vocal exchanges in the cockpit of fighter planes.
The goal is to develop automatic monitoring that can be used both under
operational conditions as well as on simulators in order to detect critical
situations during missions and for post-mission debriefing. Speech
recognition systems for in-flight use currently target the recognition of a
limited number of spoken commands. The ambition of the MEVAC project is to
process all cockpit communications, be it between the pilot and co-pilot or
with ground control, taking into account the specific constraints and
conditions of fighter planes. Flighter plane cockpit conversations are very
challenging for automatic systems accumulating the challenges posed by
different variations simultaneously, including: noisy communication channels,
distortions, voice affected by stress, speech spoken with different accents,
including non-native, multiple languages. The communications are also quite
difficult for untrained humans to understand. Advanced machine learning
techniques will be explored, building upon existing methods and maintaining a
close interaction with users in order to propose solutions that address their
real needs.
About Vocapia Research
Vocapia Research is a French R&D company and software publisher with over
20 years of experience in providing leading edge speech technologies for many
languages, including most major European languages as well as Arabic,
Mandarin, and Russian. The Vocapia Research VoxSigma
® software
suite uses advanced language technologies such as language identification,
speech recognition, and speaker identification to transform raw audio and
audiovisual data into structured and searchable XML documents. This technology
relies on decades of research at LISN, with which there is a privileged
partnership. Joint systems developed with LISN have achieved top ranks in
national and international challenges on speech-to-text transcription. Located
at the heart of the science innovation cluster of Paris Saclay, France,
Vocapia Research is a leader in developing and adapting AI-based solutions for
both civil and defence applications. These applications include audio and
audiovisual data mining (broadcast and web data, telephone speech), production
of subtitles, OSINT and COMINT, and the analysis of aeronautical
communications (air traffic control, voice command). Readers who wish to get
more information about Vocapia Research are invited to check out the Vocapia
Research website or use the contact information
page
http://www.vocapia.com/contact.
