Assembly Automation: Volume 14 Issue 3

Strapline:

The international journal of assembly technology and management
Subjects:

Table of contents

The human interface

Alan Dix

Looks at the design elements of an effective human interface. Outlineswhat makes a good interface and why so many are bad. Explains the importanceof having a clear idea of what…

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Concurrent engineering and enterprise modelling

Paul G Ranky

Summarizes the most important principles of concurrent engineering[CE] and computer integrated manufacturing [CIM].Discusses system data flow and IDEFo diagrams used as graphical…

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Blind people’s access to windows

J.M. Gill

Looks at the problems that visually disabled people are experiencingwith the increasing use of computer software with graphical user interfaces[GUIs] and the move away from text…

296

VR—the user interface of the future?

Rod Rivers

Examines the potential of virtual reality as a user interface forcomputer systems for mass‐market applications. DescribesDesk‐top Virtual Environments [DVE] and how it differs…

765

Speech technology lets machines do the talking

Nick Evans

Examines the development of DSP [digital signal processing]technology which has led to the increasing use of speech synthesisapplications in the home, office and factory…

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ISSN:

0144-5154

Online date, start – end:

1980 – 2022

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Editor:

  • Prof Hong Qiao