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Computer Speech

Recognition, Compression, Synthesis

  • Unique and concise introduction to the field
  • Up-to-date treatment
  • With Introductions to Hearing and Signal Analysis and a Glossary of Speech and Computer Terms.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Information Sciences (SSINF, volume 35)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXXIV
  2. Introduction

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 1-21
  3. A Brief History of Speech

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 23-40
  4. Speech Recognition and Speaker Identification

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 41-65
  5. Speech Dialogue Systems and Natural Language Processing

    • Holger Quast, Robert Bosch
    Pages 67-106
  6. Speech Compression

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 107-127
  7. Speech Synthesis

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 129-134
  8. Speech Production

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 135-147
  9. The Speech Signal

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 149-152
  10. Hearing

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 153-177
  11. Binaural Hearing — Listening with Both Ears

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 179-206
  12. Basic Signal Concepts

    • Manfred R. Schroeder
    Pages 207-245
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 279-381

About this book

The first edition having been sold out, gives me a welcome opportunity to augment this volume by some recent applications of speech research. A new chapter, by Holger Quast, treats speech dialogue systems and natural lan­ guage processing. Dictation programs for word processors, voice dialing for mobile phones, and dialogue systems for air travel reservations, automated banking, and translation over the telephone are at the forefront of human-machine inter­ faces. Spoken language dialogue systems are also invaluable for the physically handicapped. For researchers new to the field, the new chapter (pp. 67-106) provides an overview of fundamental linguistic concepts from phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, gramm ars and knowedge representation. Symbolic methodology, such as Norman Chomsky's traditional hierarchy of formal languages is layed out as are statistical approaches to analyze text. Proven tools of language processing are covered in detail, including finite­ state automata, Zipf's law, trees annd parsers. The second part of the new chapter introduces the building blocks of state-of-the-art dialogue systems.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Drittes Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

    Manfred R. Schroeder

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