MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541060949 A) filed by MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India, on June 26, for 'speak and sow: transforming farming practices with voice commands.'
Inventor(s) include Mrs. N. Thulasi Chitra; Mrs. P. Subhashini; Mrs. S. Parvathi; and Mrs. A. Nirisha.
The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Speak-and-Sow: Changing Farming Practices with Voice Commands provides a smart voice activated technology to automate agriculture tasks such as irrigation and lighting. This technology was designed to be as User-friendly hence, accessible as possible and provide to smallholder-farmers, especially those in rural, resource constrained settings, to operate their essential farming equipment using simple voice commands expressed in everyday spoken language. The proposed solution will overcome issues such as labor shortages, inefficient water use, low rates of technology adoption - in particularly among smallholder farmers. The system architecture of the voice system consists of an voice assistant for human-computer interaction, a Bluetooth module to communicate with an Arduino micro-controller which controls both the voice data as well as the environmental sensor data. Also, sensors were included in the solution including soil moisture sensors, temperature, and light sensors so the voice system could provide real-time feedback from the environment. Actuators such as water pumps and LED light could respond to voice commands, or automatic threshold values entered by the user based on sensor values. Irrigation pumps are activated automatically as soil moisture levels fall below the designed range, eliminating the need for human control in drying cycles. Lighting can also be preset or controlled through voice commands. In addition, the system operates through a variety of power sources such as battery packs, solar, and grid power, making it a viable and practical option for both grid and off-grid operational environments. The data produced by the system can be printed, stored, or logged for future analytics or further extensibility. The conversion of irrigation and/or lighting to IoT fits the criteria for precision agriculture and sustainable resource utilization. Research indicates, for example, that precision irrigation could quantify up to 30% on water use on a small farm. Additionally, the application of voice-enabled IoT solutions has advanced rural digital adoption considerably. Cheap, micro-controller based automated systems have also shown reliable improvements in agricultural productivity and usefulness. Combining and aligning voice usability and interaction with real-time environmental sensing and analytics allows this newest invention to bridge technology to common usability, creating a viable, affordable, usable, and sustainable device to aid modern agriculture."
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