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Designing Effective Speech Interfaces
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Designing Effective Speech Interfaces

by Susan Weinschenk, Dean T. Barker
February 2000
Beginner to intermediate
406 pages
8h 5m
English
Wiley
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PART Two

Speech Technology

To design effective speech interfaces you need to know the technologies currently available. Part Two includes:

Chapter 5: Speech Technologies. Defines and describes the main terms in the field, including speech recognition, speech synthesis, continuous versus discrete speech, and natural language.

Chapter 6: Computer Software. Surveys the current state of speech software on the market, both applications and development tools.

Chapter 7: Hardware. Covers hardware such as sound cards, microphones, voice cards, and modems that affect the usability of speech applications.

Chapter 8: Application of Speech Technology. Describes how speech applications are being used today.

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