Bitter pills to swallow. ASR and TTS have drug problems

International Journal of Speech Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-257

  Henton, Caroline ^a  

^a CTO   (United States)

Author keywords

Linguistic diversity; Pronunciation problems; Speech technology in healthcare

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY; PRONUNCIATION PROBLEMS; SPEECH TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 33744936000     PISSN: 13812416     EISSN: 15728110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10772-006-5889-0     Document Type: Article

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