[Corpora-List] Newbie help - language parsing, Python, Java, etc.

[Gregor Erbach]

Hi Brian,
it seems that VoiceXML would be suitable for your purpose. You could
use the VoiceServer SDK from IBM Alphaworks
(http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/voiceserversdk), but it is not
available for MacOS.
The Java Speech API (http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/speech/)
is also of interest. You find a list of available implementations on
the website.

regards,

   Gregor

Quoting Robert Dale <rdale at ics.mq.edu.au>:

> I think your specific needs would be best met by looking at the speech
> recognition world.  In particular, check out Nuance (www.nuance.com); [...]

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-corpora at lists.uib.no [mailto:owner-corpora at lists.uib.no]On
> > Behalf Of Brian Parkinson
> > Sent: Thursday, 5 September 2002 8:24 AM
> > To: CORPORA at HD.UIB.NO
> > Subject: [Corpora-List] Newbie help - language parsing, Python, Java,
> > etc.
> >
> >
> > Hello:
> >
> > I am starting a hobby type application at home - essentially, I'd want
> > to be able to control the X.10 devices in my home (lights, switches,
> > etc) with some 'English' commands.
> >
> > What I want to do is be able to type stuff like "turn the hall light
> > on" or "turn all lights off" - that sort of thing. The main intention
> > is to learn about this stuff - doesn't have to be anything "fancy" in
> > the end - I just want to putter in this area.
> >
> > Eventually, I'd like to hook up speech recognition software so I can
> > talk to the house as it were. Likely IBM's ViaVoice.
> >
> > I am on a Mac (OS X) and have extensive experience with programming
> > (Java, C/C++, Python, Perl - that sort of thing). I have the interface
> > from Java to the X.10 devices sorted out, but the whole arena of
> > natural language processing is new and daunting - note that I am not by
> > any stretch trying to tackle "real" speech or to gramatically parse any
> > given sentence - I am happy with a specific grammar which hopefully I
> > could extend as time goes on. [...]


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Dr. Gregor Erbach                  http://purl.org/net/gregor/
Saarland University                http://www.uni-sb.de/
Computational Linguistics Dept.    http://www.coli.uni-sb.de/
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