Speech technology boosts the business case for a voice-directed WMS.(DC EXPO)

Manufacturing Business Technology, July, 2005

Voice-enabled computer applications are no longer strictly the stuff of science fiction. Still, the latest in speech technology--specifically, speech recognition and synthesis combined on a wearable, wireless computer connected to a warehouse management system (WMS)--just may leave you in awe.

Speech technology suppliers on hand at DC Expo--held in Chicago in May--say such solutions can lead to greater picking accuracy (and hence substantial productivity improvements); improved worker safety; simplified and accelerated training, and ROI in less than one year.

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