I am designing a voice activated system for my little sister who is a quadriplegic so she can view her iPad and talk to Siri by herself. I am searching for the best voice recognition micro-controller compatible with "Arduino uno" on the market in terms of quality, performance, and noise cancellation abilities. Any advice on this matter will be greatly appreciated and valued highly.
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The only Voice Recognition hardware I know of for Arduino is the $50 "EasyVR" shield:
She can get voice access to Siri if you install IOS 8, plug the iPad into a charger, and enable the "Hey Siri" feature.
You can start with EasyVR, it is certainly not the best, but it is a start.
There some examples of it on Youtube.
For good quality you need a computer with a good microphone and Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software. Even then, it might not work very well. The Dragon NaturallySpeaking software doesn't like my voice, it recognized between 50% and 90% of what I say.
You can make that "compatible" with Arduino by connecting an Arduino to the computer.
Is Siri working well for your sister ?
Perhaps you can connect the iPad to an Arduino.
You would have to build an app, or do something like this : Control Arduino Wirelessly With iPhone iPad iPod Using iArduino App - YouTube
What do you want to do with the Arduino board ?
If you just want a way to activate Siri remotely, you can also do it via Bluetooth, but the 'Hey Siri' feature mentioned above works well if you're plugged in to the charger.
Ian.