SPIX industry releases SpixForCheck: the ultimate solution for inspection

SpixForCheck is an intelligent voice assistant solution dedicated to inspectors and quality controllers. It provides a NoTouch-NoScreen Voice Interaction to remove the constraints of the traditional digital solutions while performing field inspections or quality controls.

• Robust speech recognition technology capable of translating voice into text in industrial environments in the highest possible performance,

• A Smart Voice Assistance technology also called dialog agent or conversational AI interface to go beyond simple speech recognition and initiate a real intelligent dialogue between the assistant and a user. A text-to-speech technology is also used to provide audio feedback to the user.

• Dedicated voice interactions modes to help the inspector in the management of the checklists and forms, by voice only, keeping his hands free and his eyes focused on his environment and duty.

• Natural Conversation: SpixForCheck allows operators to speak in natural language to trigger multiple actions, as if they were addressing their co-worker.
• Robustness to the work environment: SpixForCheck and its associated audio devices have been developed to withstand the constraints of an operational work environment: noise, humidity, heat, dust, mandatory PPE wearing, frequency bands, …
• Understanding the job: SpixForCheck allows workers to use all the words and phrases used in their inspections and quality control jobs. SpixForCheck feeds on the validated forms and checklist from the industry, or from the standardization organizations.
• Contextual intelligence: SpixForCheck understands a technicians’ voice requests based on their work context, inspection status, expected elements of forms and checklists.

Voice First inspection features

• Binary conformity choice
• Choosing items in long lists
• Selection in several lists
• Entering measurement values
• Entering alphanumerical values
• Entering a short text title
• Entering a free text comment
• Activation of the photo device…

Voice Assistance functions

• Step-by-step instructions completion
• Values confirmation, modifications
• Access to boundaries, verification of the limits
• Modification of the previous value
• Recall of the instruction
• Voice presentation of the choices in lists
• Different level of validation: simple, critical
• Repetition of the instruction
• Repetition of the last input for validation…

• On the software side:
• 1 software license of the Spix voice assistant, voice recognition/synthesis (several languages are available), for Android operating system,
• 1 software license of the visual user interface, for Android operating system.

• On the hardware side:
• 1 smartphone, ruggedized for industrial use,
• 1 headset robust to noise, designed for industrial use,
• 1 set of safe box for storage, recharge for the headset and smartphone.

• On the documentation side
• 1 documented import format from the backend: YAML,
• 1 documented export format to feed the backend: JSON, CSV,
• Several checklists from different norms and standards as sample.

• Option: an interface service to export/import into specific output format

• The checklists are exported from the backend in a neutral format that can be used by SpixForCheck. By default, YAML is used.
• The checklists in a neutral format are uploaded on the mobile device: tablet or smartphone, with Android operating system.
• The operator completes as much checklists as they want in mobility, from the checklist’s templates. SpixForCheck can be used offline, does not require any network or remote cloud to operate. The NoTouch-NoScreen voice interface enables to keep his hands free, move on industrial sites, and report all necessary data in real-time.
• The checklists can be generated by voice in disconnected situations, on the tablet or smartphone, and visually validated when completed prior to their “publication”.
• When back to the office, the generated checklists are uploaded to the backend server to be stored at the expected place. The export is made by default in JSON and CSV formats.

An illustration of the dialog between a field operator and SpixForCheck to complete measurement and associated comments is presented below. The NoTouch-NoScreen voice interface enables to complete the relevant data by voice, keeping the hands free and gloves one..
The smartphone can be in the pocket or the backpack of the field operator.In blue the input from the operator, in black the answers or instructions from Spix.

Selection of the check list to complete, or to continue. It is a manual operation.

For each action, the user has access to the details and to visualize the results.

The user can access to the status of the check list, and the level of completion.

• keeping the hands of the operator free,
• release the constraints of looking at a small screen,
• avoid carrying a digital equipment,
• enable to complete forms and checklists in real-time,
• without any compromise with the operator’s safety.