Natural Interfaces in the field

Опубликовано 17 августа 2016, 1:06

Adapx provides solutions for users who have substantive data collection needs, but who have yet to adopt or have rejected existing digital technologies. Our primary approach is to avoid changing usersΓÇÖ well-established work practices, which typically involve pen/paper and/or voice. To do so, we enable field users to collect data with natural user interfaces (NUIs), notably with digital pen and paper, and/or with multimodal interaction. AdapxΓÇÖ Capturx software strategy is to develop a platform that makes it easy to integrate such NUIs with popular software that the end user already knows and uses. Examples include AdapxΓÇÖ Capturx line of products for forms data entry, which have been integrated with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office SharePoint and Microsoft Dynamics. In addition, we have built products for field note-taking (integrated with Microsoft OneNote), and for mapping/GIS (integrated with ESRIΓÇÖs ArcGIS, Google Earth, and AdobeΓÇÖs Acrobat using PDF/GeoPDF). These horizontal digital paper/pen Capturx products have been applied to such diverse field data collection uses as surveying, wild-fire fighting, oil/and gas exploration, Medicare enrollment, civil engineering, field-based emergency medicine, and neuropsychological testing. A significant portion of our work centers on multimodal interaction, primarily using speech, sketch, handwriting, and gesture. Typically, but not exclusively, these have been geospatial applications. Over the years, we have developed multimodal interfaces for augmented & virtual reality, and using a variety of devices, including tablets, PDAs, large-screen displays, and vision-based body-tracking. Current efforts are creating high-performance multimodal interfaces for the US Government, and automatically generated multimodal systems for geospatial applications. In this talk, I will describe some of the above examples, discuss why natural user interfaces are often the preferred means for such data collection and interaction, and demonstrate how the Capturx technology meets the need.