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Oshkosh 2011

Inventive ingenuity triumphs again

VoiceFlight VFS101

VoiceFlight VFS101

At last, tell your airplane where to go...with your voice! Control freaks and the rest of us will have no trouble envisioning the advantages, in such conditions as heavy turbulence or heavy cockpit workload, of a voice-controlled GPS.

Reducing pilot workload and increasing cockpit data entry distractions is as easy as “Alpha, Bravo, Charlie” with the VoiceFlight Systems VFS101. The black box lets pilots control input for Garmin GNS 430W and 530W GPS systems solely by voice: no more “head-buried-in-cockpit” risk.

The device’s patented speech-recognition technology brings accurate and immediate response in all flight environments—without requiring prior “training” of the onboard software engine or specific profiles for different individuals. Anyone using voice-to-text technology to write on computers knows what a hassle that can be.

The VFS101 uses the standard aviation alphabet (Alpha, Bravo etc.) to quickly input waypoints into the GPS, up to 10 times faster than fumbling with knobs or hitting the right spot, in the bumps, on a touch screen. Simple Direct-To destinations and complex flight plans alike can be entered by voice. Victor Airways are automatically expanded. ATC re-routes are simplified. And fallback manual control of onboard GPS is always available.

It’s the first speech-recognition device to be FAA certified. The STC currently allows installation on Cessna 182 models equipped with single or dual Garmin GNS 530W and GNS 430W GPS units. For aircraft other than Cessna 182, local FAA avionics shops will help pilots learn whether the VFS101 can be installed via a Form 337. Contact: www.voiceflight.com.

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