Using voice input for improving the efficiency of surveying plant disease severity

Abstract

While surveying plant disease severity, we usually record the data in notebooks and enter them in spreadsheet software, such as Microsoft Excel, using keyboard input. However, this method has some problem concerning about the efficiency of working. In the present study, we evaluated the time-saving effect of voice input while surveying of plant disease. Two test subjects surveyed and recorded the disease severity of tomato powdery mildew using voice input. The time in voice input was 9.2% to 26.2% less than that in the control. The input time of the data into Excel in voice input was 58.1% to 67.1% less than in control. These results indicated that voice input could improve the efficiency of survey and input during plant disease experiments.