Pick-by-voice with ProStore®
Pick-by-voice is one of the most effective methods of paperless order picking, especially where labor-intensive picking processes with repetitive routine activities need to be supported.
Depending on requirements, ProStore® can integrate purely voice-controlled devices without displays like Vocollect's "Talkman" which has a short learning time of around 20 minutes, or machines which feature a display and keyboard for extended functionality (multi-modal pick-by-voice), such as the "Workabout Pro Speech" from Psion Teklogix. With both pick-by-voice strategies, ProStore® guides the employee perfectly through the warehouse with both hands free for picking.
The benefits of pick-by-voice with ProStore® include fast integration in the picking process, a marked increase in picking performance, and outstanding flexibility and effectiveness in process management.
Pick-by-voice is aimed principally at stores that need to handle a large volume of picking jobs each day featuring a large number of diverse articles, e.g. logistics providers, the retail industry, the food industry, cold stores, aftermarket business and the textiles trade.
Pick-by-voice solutions with ProStore® operate according to the following principles:
- Communication with ProStore® in natural language
- Commands are generated by the system and the picker responds or confirms
- The picker wears a mobile computer headset with ear-phones and a microphone
- Text-to-voice conversion (for instructions)
- Voice-to-text conversion
(voice recognition for responses) - ProStore® communication via radio data link in real time
