Pilot Information Presentation on the Flight Deck: An Application of Synthetic Speech and Visual Digital Displays

Nickolas D. Macchiarella, Jason P. Kring, Michael S. Coman, Tom Haritos, Zoubair Entezari

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Abstract

" Integration of synthetic speech for Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) communicative purposes is in its infancy. Integration of synthetic speech on the flight deck has the potential to improve air traffic control (ATC) and pilot communications through a multimodal presentation of critical information. In a synthesized speech system, digital-data traffic from ATC is converted into a synthetic, or computer-generated, voice for presentation to the pilot. Parameters to implement a synthetic speech system on the flight deck, as a means of optimizing communications between ATC and pilots, are under study at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in conjunction with the FAA- Human Factors Research and Engineering Group for NextGen (AJP-61) and John A. Volpe National Transportation Center."--from publisher's website
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationHuman Interface and the Management of Information--Interacting with Information; Proceedings of the Symposium on Human Interface, Orlando, Florida, July 9-11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • synthetic speech
  • nextgen
  • air traffic control
  • flight training device
  • data communications

Disciplines

  • Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces

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