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From: leichner@hplred.hpl.hp.com (Robert Leichner)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Request information: Phone Access
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Date: 3 Dec 90 14:04:05 GMT
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Request for Information: Access to Phones

Hello all,

I'm looking for information on systems that assist speech
understanding over telephones. In particular, the son of a friend is
profoundly hard of hearing and is looking for assistance with voice
communication over phone lines.

I believe the current state of the art for computer based speaker
independent voice recognition over phone lines is limited to quite
small vocabularies on the order of the ten digits, yes, no. There are
probably systems which can manage slightly larger vocabularies for
specific applications such as airline reservations.

We were also wondering about systems that might provide a variety of
cues for understanding without actually going as far as text output.

Anyway, any suggestions or information would be much appreciated.

Many thanks,
Bob Leichner
leichner@hplabs.hp.com


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