13.2113, Media: Article NYT: Speech Recognition

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-13-2113. Fri Aug 16 2002. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 13.2113, Media: Article NYT: Speech Recognition

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

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Date:  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:00:24 +0800
From:  "Karen S. Chung" <karchung at ccms.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
    karchung at ccms.ntu.edu.tw

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