A speech-based human-computer interaction system for automating directory assistance services

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-159

  Georgila, K ^a   Sgarbas, K ^a   Tsopanoglou, A ^b   Fakotakis, N ^a   Kokkinakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Knowledge SA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Automatic directory assistance services (DAS); Context dependent phonological rules; Directed acyclic word graphs (DAWGs); Large vocabulary speech recognition; Speech based human computer interaction; Telephone based

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICES (DAS);

SPEECH;

EID: 0037376787     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022338631326     Document Type: Article

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