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Offers coverage of new advances in spoken language processing in computer science, drawing on the most recent discoveries in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, and other fields. Covers speech recognition, speech processing, spoken language understanding, speech synthesis, and speech interface design. DLC: Natural language processing (Computer science).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 1.1.
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MOTIVATIONS .......................................................................................................2 1.1.1. Spoken Language Interface ................................................................... 2 1.1.2. Speech-to-speech Translation................................................................3 1.1.3. Knowledge Partners...............................................................................3 SPOKEN LANGUAGE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ........................................................4 1.2.1. Automatic Speech Recognition ..............................................................4 1.2.2. Text-to-Speech Conversion ....................................................................6 1.2.3. Spoken Language Understanding ..........................................................7 BOOK ORGANIZATION ............................................................................................9 1.3.1. Part I: Fundamental Theory ..................................................................9 1.3.2. Part II: Speech Processing ....................................................................9 1.3.3. Part III: Speech Recognition ...............................................................10 1.3.4. Part IV: Text-to-Speech Systems........................................