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[Music][Adapting Automated speech recognition for the
First Responder Community

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Hello I'm Battalion Chief Stanley Wurzburger
with the Howard County Department

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of fire rescue services located in Central Maryland.
Over the last three years

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the Department of Homeland Security, Science
and Technology Directorate

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members from the John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
and from the Howard County Department of Fire and

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Rescue Services have been working together to improve
Firefighter Safety.

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Specifically we have been working on a program known
as ASR or Automated Speech Recognition.

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We finally know the program as DAISI. DAISI is

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a listening program that allows us to get our hands
back when we are in the line of duty and

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help the First Responder in many different forms.
And we feel that this technology

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can not only help the firefighters in the country, but
members of the police and military service as well.

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[fire engine Sirens Roars]
As I hope you'll see in the upcoming

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video ASR has several benefits to our world
and can greatly improve

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our safety with everyday responses. [fire engine Siren Roars]

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[Horn Beeps] Hey DAISI map. [VOICE enabled
interaction with mobile data terminal]

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Hey DAISI zoom in.

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Hey DAISI zoom three.

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Hey DAISI pan.

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Hey DAISI pan 50.

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[Sirens continue to roar]

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Hey DAISI arrive.

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Alright let's see if DAISI can help us at the pump panel.

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You've just witnessed DAISI's first interaction with our

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mobile data terminal, using automated speech
recognition. Now, let's

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see what's happening on the fire ground.

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Hey driver what's our ETA for getting water on the fire?
[Driver] We are flowing water sir I just need to figure

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out my friction loss. [Calculating Friction Loss]
[Chief Wurzburger] Hey DAISI, I have 400 foot of

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3 inch hose, flowing 350 gallons per minute, 100 PSI

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nozzle pressure calculate. Should be

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139 PSI. [Driver] Copy that sir.

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[Chief Wurzburger] Calculation friction loss might not be
the first thing you think about when using ASR.

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However standing next to a noisy Fire Engine
presents a very big challenge

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for ASR technology. Let's see how DAISI
can help us inside the

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fire grounds scene.

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[Voice-to-text event logging] Hey DAISI start loading.

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We have water on the fire at 12:01.

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Stop loading. You just saw me use DAISI

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to translate my voice-to-text.

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This captures key bench marks on a fire grounds scene.
I can go back to the station now

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and I can use those key bench marks in the fire
investigation report.

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Hey DAISI

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start loading. Let's talk about hose line and ladder
placement for

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the after the fire critique. Stop loading.

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Hey Lou, what do you got over there?

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[Lou] I think we have a hazmat over there Chief.
[Accessing information for hazardous materials]

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[Chief Wurzburger] Hey DAISI start wiser.
[Lou] Placarding says 1017.

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[Chief Wurzburger] 1017.

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DAISI is telling me 1017 is chlorine. Let's get some
cones out

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and secure the area. [ Lou] Okay.
[Chief Wurzburger] You just witnessed

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DAISI access an online chemical database commonly

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known as "Wiser". Within the blink of an eye
I was able to determine the

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appropriate evacuation distance and proper personal
protective equipment needed

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to handle such an incident. Let's see what else
DAISI has in store for us on the

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fire ground scene. [Raging Fire]

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[Injured Firefighter] Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

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[Chief Wurzburger] This is the worst possible

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scenario for us in the fire service. A true mayday situation.

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With the use of ASR technology you've just witnessed
DAISI being able to deploy the

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mayday for the down firefighter without the use of their hands in any way, shape or form.

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DAISI quite literally will make

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the worst day of a firefighters career a little
bit easier to get through.

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On the fire ground scene

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I was able to use DAISI to capture my voice and change
it to text. Now back at

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the fire house I'm able to have those logs readily
available to use.

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So obviously DAISI is still prototyped and we are still

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in the proof of concept phase. The fire service
was specifically chosen

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in the world of first responders for our noisy
environment that make it difficult for ASR

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to hear what we are saying. And we've shown that
DAISI can in fact filter out that

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background noise and as soon as we integrate other
technology into the platform

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already existing, we can only improve our chances of
DAISI being able to hear us and give us the

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answers that we need. So I hope you can see that this
technology will not only benefit

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the fire service, but our friends in law enforcement
and other first responder community members

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as well. [Special thanks to Howard County Department
of Fire and Rescue Services Chief William Anuszewski

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Battalion Chief Stanley Wurzburger, Lieutenant Lewis
Kirby, Firefighter Ashley Alejandre and the staff of Station 9

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[Special thanks to Homeland Security, Science and
Technology Mr. Cuong Luu, Mr. Russell Becker.]

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[TAM Mr. Jim Harris, Mr. Roman Szczesniak]
Special thanks to John Hopkins Applied Physics laboratory

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Mr. Mark Gabriele, Ms. Julee Rendon, Ms. Ruth Vogel,
Assistant Chief Rodney Reed, Harris County Fire Marshal