Voice Communication Between Humans and Machines

David B. Roe and Jay G. Wilpon, Editors; for the National Academy of Sciences

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Dedication; 3 Voice Communication Between Humans and Machines--An Introduction; 4 Scientific Bases of Human-Machine Communication by Voice; 5 Scientific Bases of Human-Machine Communication by Voice; 6 The Role of Voice in Human-Machine Communication; 7 Speech Communication -- An Overview; 8 Speech Synthesis Technology; 9 Computer Speech Synthesis: Its Status and Prospects; 10 Models of Speech Synthesis; 11 Linguistic Aspects of Speech Synthesis; 12 Speech Recognition Technology; 13 Speech Recognition Technology: A Critique; 14 State of the Art in Continuous Speech Recognition; 15 Training and Search Methods for Speech Recognition; 16 Natural Language Understanding Technology; 17 The Roles of Language Processing in a Spoken Language Interface; 18 Models of Natural Language Understanding; 19 Integration of Speech with Natural Language Understanding; 20 Applications of Voice-Processing Technology I; 21 A Perspective on Early Commercial Applications of Voice-Processing Technology for Telecommunications and Aids for the Handicapped; 22 Applications of Voice-Processing Technology in Telecommunications; 23 Speech Processing for Physical and Sensory Disabilities; 24 Applications of Voice-Processing Technology II; 25 Commercial Applications of Speech Interface Technology: An Industry at the Threshold; 26 Military and Government Applications of Human-Machine Communication by Voice; 27 Technology Deployment; 28 Deployment of Human-Machine Dialogue Systems; 29 What Does Voice-Processing Technology Support Today?; 30 User Interfaces for Voice Applications; 31 Technology in 2001; 32 Speech Technology in the Year 2001; 33 Toward the Ultimate Synthesis/Recognition System; 34 Speech Technology in 2001: New Research Directions; 35 New Trends in Natural Language Processing: Statistical Natural Language Processing; 36 The Future of Voice-Processing Technology in the World of Computers and Communications; 37 Author Biographies; 38 Index

Select Guide Rating