LANGUAGE ENGINEERING IN SPEECH RECOGNITION

SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED FOR INTERACTING WITH A COMPUTER BY SPEAKING TO IT. CONTINUOUS SPEECH AND LARGE VOCABULARIES CREATE THE NEED FOR A LANGUAGE MODEL TO RESOLVE WORDS AND PHRASES THAT SOUND ALIKE. IN SOME APPLICATIONS, IT IS NECESSARY TO "ENGINEER" A LANGUAGE TO DEAL WITH THE COMPUTER, A LANGUAGE THAT IS A PART OF ENGLISHBUT IS NOT BASED ON AN IMPRACTICAL ASSUMPTION THAT THE SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE UNCONSTRAINED USE OF ENGLISH. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP TOOLS THAT FACILITATE SUCH LANGUAGE ENGINEERING. THE RESULTING LANGUAGE, HAVING A FORMAL DEFINITION, CAN BE READILY INTERPRETED BY EXPERT SYSTEMS OR OTHER COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. USEFUL SPEECH RECOGNITION APPLICATIONS CAN BE PRACTICALLY DEVELOPED, CREATING NEW FREEDOM AND POWER IN THE USE OF COMPUTERS OR IN THE CONTROL OF MACHINES. IN PARTICULAR, THE APPROACH INVOLVES DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A "GATED GRAPH" APPROACHTHAT WILL SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE LANGUAGE MODEL. THE GATED GRAPH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS OF LANGUAGE (LIKE MATCHING SINGULAR AND PLURAL CASES) TO BE HANDLED MORE EFFICIENTLY IN DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING A LANGUAGE MODEL. THE RESULT WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPANY'S COMMERCIAL SPEECH-RECOGNITION SYSTEM. SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED FOR INTERACTING WITH A COMPUTER BY SPEAKING TO IT. CONTINUOUS SPEECH AND LARGE VOCABULARIES CREATE THE NEED FOR A LANGUAGE MODEL TO RESOLVE WORDS AND PHRASES THAT SOUND ALIKE. IN SOME APPLICATIONS, IT IS NECESSARY TO "ENGINEER" A LANGUAGE TO DEAL WITH THE COMPUTER, A LANGUAGE THAT IS A PART OF ENGLISHBUT IS NOT BASED ON AN IMPRACTICAL ASSUMPTION THAT THE SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE UNCONSTRAINED USE OF ENGLISH. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP TOOLS THAT FACILITATE SUCH LANGUAGE ENGINEERING. THE RESULTING LANGUAGE, HAVING A FORMAL DEFINITION, CAN BE READILY INTERPRETED BY EXPERT SYSTEMS OR OTHER COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. USEFUL SPEECH RECOGNITION APPLICATIONS CAN BE PRACTICALLY DEVELOPED, CREATING NEW FREEDOM AND POWER IN THE USE OF COMPUTERS OR IN THE CONTROL OF MACHINES. IN PARTICULAR, THE APPROACH INVOLVES DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A "GATED GRAPH" APPROACHTHAT WILL SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS OF CREATING THE LANGUAGE MODEL. THE GATED GRAPH WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS OF LANGUAGE (LIKE MATCHING SINGULAR AND PLURAL CASES) TO BE HANDLED MORE EFFICIENTLY IN DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING A LANGUAGE MODEL. THE RESULT WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPANY'S COMMERCIAL SPEECH-RECOGNITION SYSTEM.