Pilot-Controller Voice to Text Transcription

Overview

Development stage

In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.

High-impact designation

Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact

Impact justification

Not reported

Start date

2020-10-21 (day precision)Source: 10/21/2020 12:00:00 AM

Withheld from public reporting

NoSource: a) No

Mission

Topic area

Transportation

Operational functions

Translation and transcription Derived by keyword rules; see methodology

Problem the AI is intended to solve

To transcribe recorded radio communications between pilots and air traffic controllers operating within the national airspace.

Expected benefits

Not reported

System outputs

Text transcriptions and speaker role (pilot/controller)

Technology

AI classification

Other

System name(s)

Not reported

Custom-developed code

No

Public source code

Not reported

Sourcing

How it was built

Contract and in-houseSource: c) Developed with both contracting and in-house resources

Vendor (as reported)

Not reported

Vendors (standardized)

None on the standard list

A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.

Data and privacy

Involves PII

Not reported

Privacy Impact Assessment

No

Authorization to Operate

Yes

Demographic features

Not reported

Training and evaluation data

1000 hour voice corpus

Federal Data Catalog

Not reported

Governance

0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.

Potential impacts and how they were identified

Not reported