Abstract: The method includes using known compositions to train the convolutional neural network, a loss function being minimized for the training; examining whether the value of a loss function meets a predefined criterion, the following steps being carried out selectively in the case where the criterion is not met—selecting a test composition from a set of predefined test compositions by an active learning module; activating a chemical apparatus for producing and examining compositions for paints, varnishes, printing inks, grinding resins, pigment concentrates or other coating substances for the purpose of producing and examining the selected test composition; training the convolutional neural network, using the selected test composition and the properties thereof detected by the apparatus; generating a prediction composition for paints, varnishes, printing inks, grinding resins, pigment concentrates or other coating substances by inputting an input vector into the convolutional neural network; and outputting the pre

Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for converting speech to text.

Abstract: The invention relates to a laboratory system including at least one laboratory device which is designed to analyse and/or synthesise a chemical substance; at least one laboratory software module which is designed to process data obtained from the at least one laboratory device; a data processing device with control software that provides an interface for operating the at least one laboratory device and/or the at least one laboratory software module; and a portable device with a microphone, wherein the device is connected interoperably to the control software via a network, wherein the device is designed, in interoperation with the control software, to allow a user to operate the at least one laboratory device and/or the at least one laboratory software module without manual intervention, by speaking into the microphone.

Abstract: The method includes inputting a specification of a desired combination of a first component and a second component of a composition, wherein the components are a solid and a dispersant, via a user interface of a computer system; carrying out a database query with the desired combination of the first component and the second component as the search criterion, wherein in the case where the database query supplies a known composition that meets the search criterion, the known composition is output, wherein in the opposite case, a further database query of a composition including the first component and the second component, serving as the search criterion, is carried out to find a candidate composition that includes one of the two components as well as a substitute component instead of the other component; and carrying out further steps for generating the formulation and outputting the composition.