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Fri Aug 16 2002

Media: Article NYT: Speech Recognition

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  • Karen S. Chung, NYT: speech recognition again

    Message 1: NYT: speech recognition again

     Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:00:24 +0800
    From: Karen S. Chung <karchungccms.ntu.edu.tw>
    Subject: NYT: speech recognition again


    The Technology section of the August 15, 2002 issue of the New York Times features an interesting personal take on automatic speech recognition (ASR) by columnist David Pogue, entitled "Speech Recognition Follies". The URL:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/15/technology/circuits/15POGUE-EMAIL.html

    It contains some illuminating examples of words and expressions that were 'misheard' by the computer. Although they weren't what the speaker had in mind, I thought the computer made some awfully good guesses!



    Karen Steffen Chung National Taiwan University karchungccms.ntu.edu.tw

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