News tagged with automatic recognition

In future, phones can identify the Troubadour on the tree top

In spring, the sound of birds serenading fills the air. The Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics is developing a system that can recognize a bird species based on a song segment. The system can be ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pirates, beware: Navy's smart robocopters will spy you in the crowd

Navy unmanned aircraft will be able to distinguish small pirate boats from other vessels when an Office of Naval Research (ONR)-funded sensor starts airborne tests this summer, officials said April 5.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Speech recognition leaps forward

During Interspeech 2011, the 12th annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association being held in Florence, Italy, from Aug. 28 to 31, researchers from Microsoft Research will present work that dramatically ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Research aims to improve speech recognition software

Anyone who has used an automated airline reservation system has experienced the promise - and the frustration - inherent in today's automatic speech recognition technology. When it works, the computer "understands" that you ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Breaking the language barrier: NIST tests language translation devices for US troops

At dusk, a car stops at a checkpoint in Afghanistan. It is a tense moment for all. Because an interpreter is not available, U.S. Marines use hand gestures to ask the driver to step out of the car and open ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (12) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Your Next Computer May Know How You Feel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Friends, loved ones and pets can sense your mood almost instantly - and one day your computer may be able to do so pretty quickly as well.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 14, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Google adds automatic captions to YouTube

Google, in a significant development for the deaf, announced on Thursday it was adding automatic caption capability to videos on YouTube.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Listen, watch, read -- computers search for meaning

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created the first integrated semantic search platform that integrates text, video and audio. The system can 'watch' films, 'listen' to audio and 'read' text to find relevant responses ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1