Experiments with a spoken dialogue system for taking the US census

Speech Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-260

  Cole, R A ^a   Novick, D G ^a   Vermeulen, P J E ^a   Sutton, S ^a   Fanty, M ^a   Wessels, L F A ^a   De Villiers, J H ^a   Schalkwyk, J ^a   Hansen, B ^a   Burnett, D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

SPOKEN DIALOGUE SYSTEMS;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031273766     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(97)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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