News tagged with automatic speech recognition

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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

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.

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