Date: 01-Sep-2005 From: Jasper de Vaal <jasper.devaalspringer-sbm.com> Subject: The Integration of Phonetic Knowledge in Speech Technology: Barry, van Dommelen (Eds)
Title: The Integration of Phonetic Knowledge in Speech Technology
Series Title: Text, Speech and Language Technology 25
Published: 2005
Publisher: Springer
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Editor: William J. Barry, Saarland University
Editor: Wim A. van Dommelen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Hardback: ISBN: 1402026358 Pages: 190 Price: U.S. $ 109.00
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Abstract:
Continued progress in Speech Technology in the face of ever-increasing demands on the performance levels of applications is a challenge to the whole speech and language science community. Robust recognition and understanding of spontaneous speech in varied environments, good comprehensibility and naturalness of expressive speech synthesis are goals that cannot be achieved without a change of paradigm. This book argues for interdisciplinary communication and cooperation in problem-solving in general, and discusses the interaction between speech and language engineering and phonetics in particular. With a number of reports on innovative speech technology research as well as more theoretical discussions, it addresses the practical, scientific and sometimes the philosophical problems that stand in the way of cross-disciplinary collaboration and illuminates some of the many possible ways forward.
Audience: Researchers and professionals in speech technology and computational linguists.
Linguistic Field(s):
Computational Linguistics
Phonetics
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