GPS with Full Voice Recognition ?

pc3xp3rt · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 1

Maybe I'm dreaming, but is it possible (using currently available products) to do the following?

I have this BlueTooth cell phone... Motorola V551
http://www.motorola.com/motoinfo/product/details/0,,72,00.html

If I purchase the following...
1) Tablet PC... Acer TravelMate TMC303-XMISP2 (LX.T280E.183)
http://www.shopharmony.com/product.asp?i=ACETMC303XMISP2
2) Bluetooth Headset... GG Telecom Gg03a
http://www.ggtelecom2002.com/products/gg03a/gg03a.htm
3) Voice Recognition Software... Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8
http://www.scansoft.com/naturallyspeaking
4) GPS Software... CoPilot Live Laptop 8
http://www.alk.com/products/consumer/copilot_laptop8
5) GPS Hardware... CoPilot BT
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/copilotbtgps.php
6) Audio Cable... Y-Splitter 3.5mm stereo to 2 RCA
http://www.csccable.com/images/20582.gif

Setup:
1) Install Dragon on the Tablet
2) Bind BT Headset to Cell Phone (Ch.1)
3) Bind BT Headset to Tablet (Ch.2)
4) Bind BT GPS to Tablet (Ch.3)
5) Connect Y-Splitter from Tablet Line-Out to car stereo AUX-In

Talk to the Tablet and ask Dragon to lookup a contact from Act!, Goldmine, Outlook, etc. Once the record is pulled, ask Dragon to send the corresponding address to the CoPilot software, and the corresponding phone number to the cell phone.

The BT GPS maps the directions and begins announcing turn-by-turn directions through the car stereo. The cell phone dials the number provided by the Tablet. If the contact answers the phone, then press 1 time on the headset to activate Ch.1 and begin talking via the cell phone's BT connection. After the phone conversation is finished, press 2 times on the headset to connect back to the Tablet and resume voice recognition functions.

Besides looking up contact information, one could ask Dragon to lookup a Point of Interest (POI) from the CoPilot software. Also, since the cell phone has Internet access, one could potentially ask Dragon to lookup http://yp.yahoo.com for POIs not currently listed within the CoPilot software.

Ask Dragon to queue up some MP3 songs and/or playlists (which plays through the car stereo). With an 80GB hard drive and 4.7GB DVDs, one could have an endless on-demand, voice-activated, music collection.

CoPilot Live has a feature by which you can receive traffic updates and the GPS software will automatically reroute you. I'm not sure if that data can come down from the cell phone's Internet connection and be passed to the CoPilot software or not. Maybe I need to purchase one of these PC cards (plus $80/month Internet subscription)...
Sony Ericsson’s GC83 EDGE card
http://www.engadget.com/entry/6686037593646783/

I've read BT headsets are not great for voice recognition. If this is still the case, then a wired microphone to the Tablet would be needed. That might make other BT connections work better, as I'm not sure how all of those devices would interact anyway.

In other words, I'm not sure if all BT devices can automatically communicate with all other BT devices within range. In the case of the headset, it is clear you must press the button one, two, or three times for the headset to know which device to interact with. That being said, just how the Tablet would know to send an address to the BT GPS and a phone number to the BT cell phone is a mystery to me.

Perhaps using two microphones is best? One BT to the cell phone and one wired to the Tablet. This would allow the Tablet to take dictation of your half of the phone conversation as both microphones would be picking up your voice at the same time. Is there a way for the BT cell phone to connect to the Tablet and then have the Dragon software convert both sides of the phone conversation to text?

While a Tablet provides pen features for easier navigation within the GPS software, the ultimate goal is to create a fully voice-automated GPS system (and MP3 player) so the driver does not need to type in any addresses or phone numbers.

I would appreciate any feedback on this project.

Thanks!
- Scott

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