LINGUIST List 2.765

Thu 07 Nov 1991

Qs: Text-to-Speech, Grammar Checkers

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1. , Inquiry: Text-to-speech conversion chips
2. , Grammar and style checkers

Information needed:
George Kerscher, Dir.
Research and Development
Recording For The Blind
P. O. Box 7068
Missoula, MT 59807 e-mail: cbfb_gwkselway.umt.edu
would like to hear about development of new chips for
(high quality) text-to-speech conversion such as DSP
and DEC multivoice synthesizers. Contact his office
directly at either of the above addresses, or reply to me
and I will relay. Thanks.

A number of people in the Dept. of Dutch of the University of
Utrecht would like to learn about computer programs performing grammar
and/or style checking, specifically on personal computers. The idea
is to learn about other people's experiences (with other languages)
before we decide to start research aimed at the development of
such a system for Dutch. We are interested in all kinds of information,
for example:
 - What programs are available? Where? For what costs? On what
 kinds of machines? Etc.
 - What kind of output does a program generate? (E.g. short comments
 on particular topics, or large sized reports on any relevant
 feature (as STYLE on Unix-systems does)).
 - What kind of computational mechanisms are used? (E.g. pattern
 recognition or parsing on the basis of a complete grammar).
 - Do the programs come with documenation?
 - Has any research been published about how and when people use
 such programs and how they evaluate them?
 - Etc., etc.
We would greatly appreciate all relevant information. We are willing
to post the information, or to send it directly to your e-mail address
(please indicate if you're interested). Please send messages to:
verhagenlet.ruu.nl
Thanks, --Arie Verhagen
Arie Verhagen
University of Utrecht, Dept. of Dutch
Trans 10
3512 JK Utrecht
The Netherlands
phone: (30) 394131
fax: (30) 333380