Pythia Earphone User Guide June 5, 2020 1
CONTENTS Pythia™ Earphone 2 Overview 3 Pythia™’s novel technologies include: 4 No Phone: 4 WiFi Channeling: 4 Immediate Process Access: 4 Safety & Personal Protection: 4 Big Data 4 Auto-Translation 4 On-the-Fly Operations 4 Pythia™ Controls 4 Voice and Button Controls: 5 Power On/Off 5 Wake Word 5 Voice Controls 5 Button Controls 5 Charging the Earphone: 6 WiFi Technology: 6 Care and Maintenance: 6 Troubleshooting: 7 June 8, 2020 2
Pythia™ Earphone IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Please read and keep all safety and use instructions. Pythia™ earphone is not a hearing instrument or hearing conservation aid and is not intended to replace a properly fitted and calibrated hearing instrument. Do NOT open the Pythia™ earphone enclosure for any reason. Do NOT use Pythia™ earphone while driving. Do NOT use the earphone at maximum volume for extended periods.
REGULATORY INFORMATION FCC Part 15 Declaration of Conformity Statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. FCC Part 15 Subpart C is for intentional radiators. Intentional radiators governed by the FCC Part 15 Subpart C must either have a permanently attached antenna or provide a unique coupler to prevent the use of unauthorized antennas.
Note: This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency enverty, and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Year following the initial consumer purchase. This warranty does not apply to water damage, abuse, or misuse, unauthorized service, or modification or altered products.
Pythia’s Novel Technologies ● No Phone: ○ The Pythia™ system requires no phone or Bluetooth device of any type for it’s configuration, implementation, or operation in any way ● WiFi Channeling: ○ Pythia™ Model 1 only works on pre-selected 802.
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ PythiaTM earphones and user accounts are password protected PythiaTM earphones will not operate outside the range of pre-configured WiFi channels The entire PythiaTM system is routinely audited for data vulnerabilities and those vulnerabilities are tested for severity, then eliminated or mitigated Four permission levels ensure security across all Organizations (Super-Admin), within Organizations (Admin), within Work Groups (Super-User), and among Users (User).
Button Controls Pythia™ earphones are equipped with 3 mechanical buttons: Top, Bottom, and Power.
Care and Maintenance ● ● ● Unplug your earphone’s charger cable when fully charged and before use Never open the earphone enclosure for any reason Your earphones may require periodic cleaning ○ If your earphone includes self-cleaning plastic, simply curtail use for up to 5 hours. The microbial plastic will cleanse itself, then simply wipe the earphone casing with an electronics or optical-safe towelette.
■ Long-press to Quit the process ○ Bottom Button ■ ■ ■ Short-press to turn down speaker volume Double Short-press to turn up speaker volume Long press to request Help (sends email to assigned supervisor) ● Verbal Commands ○ Wake Word ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ “OK” - Say the wake word before every verbal command “Next” - Say “OK. Next” to hear the next process step & start a timer ● If there was a prior step, “OK. Next.
Operation: Users verbally request work processes, the system delivers step-by-step directions and tracks the time spent on each step. Upon completing all steps, the system asks the user for feedback on how to improve the process, their performance, or anything other performance-related factor. . Make Database Records Standard Operating Procedures, like recipes, assemblies and/or high tech procedures are entered into a cloud database as records; one text field per instruction or step.
the system. The battery lasts around 5 hours and fully recharges via micro-USB in around 30 minutes. Conversational Interface Like Siri or Cortana, Pythia uses a conversational user interface to operate the system by speaking the wake word, "OK", and the commands, "Next", "Quit", "Repeat", "Help", and to process titles. 802.11n WiFi Pythia runs on regular, pre-configured, 802.11n WiFi channels, >60mbps or faster.
Digital Timer A timer begins. It ends when the user finishes the step and says, "OK. Next." Next Steps After completing a step, the user says, "OK. Next", the system stops the timer, calculates the performance duration, uploads the data to the cloud, converts the next step's text to speech, and plays it on-the-fly to the earphone. Feedback After completing all the steps of a process, Pythia asks users to provide their optional feedback.
assigned; Green is for events closest to mean, Red is the farthest from the mean, and Gold includes best practices and the best chance to deliver the highest Return On Investment when achieved. Global SOP Updates Companies using Pythia can update and deliver process updates anywhere in the world simply by editing database text fields. Our auto-translation capability enables our clients to write their SOPs in one language and deliver it in over 100 other languages, in real time.
tablet. This also adds to our clients ROI by saving them thousands of dollars in collective phone costs. Hands-free Like Siri and Cortana, Pythia operates by voice, which enables it to navigate completely hands-free. This is important when safety, cleanliness, efficiency, and accuracy matter.