13.2183, Media: BBC Web Article: Hindi "Chatbot"

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-13-2183. Tue Aug 27 2002. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 13.2183, Media: BBC Web Article: Hindi "Chatbot"

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Date:  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:48:11 +0800
From:  "Karen S. Chung" <karchung at ccms.ntu.edu.tw>
Subject:  Media: BBC: Hindi chatbot

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Date:  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:48:11 +0800
From:  "Karen S. Chung" <karchung at ccms.ntu.edu.tw>
Subject:  Media: BBC: Hindi chatbot


    There's a short article in the technology section of the BBC Web site
(Tuesday, 27 August, 2002) about an interactive Hindi-speaking 'chatbot':

    Hindi chatbot breaks new ground
    Picture caption: The software converts sound waves into speech

    By Alfred Hermida
    BBC News Online technology staff

    A computer chat program that speaks Hindi could open up computers to
India's illiterate millions.
    Computer science students in Chandigarh, 248 kilometres (154 miles) from
Delhi, have developed an interactive software program called Deepti which
can converse intelligently with people in natural language.

    The URL:
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2209775.stm


    Karen Steffen Chung
    National Taiwan University
    karchung at ccms.ntu.edu.tw

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