Newsgroups: comp.speech
Path: pavo.csi.cam.ac.uk!doc.ic.ac.uk!agate!ames!eos!millard
From: millard@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Millard Edgerton)
Subject: Short Course on Speech Recogition
Message-ID: <1993Nov29.060105.29516@eos.arc.nasa.gov>
Keywords: Speech Recognition
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center
Distribution: ca
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 06:01:05 GMT
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                                            SPEECH RECOGNITION:

                                                   CONFIGURING
                                        SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS

                                            PUBLIC SHORT COURSE
                                            Marriott Residence Inn
                                                Moutain View, CA
                                              December 6 - 7 1993

                                                   Sponsored by
                                        SPEECH SCIENCE INSTITUTE
                                                 P.O. Box 240428
                                           Apple Valley, MN 55124
                                   612-890-4343; FAX (612) 890-1579

	A comprehensive overview of spoken interaction with computers 
and telephone systems is provided by a distinguished expert who 
has taught thousands of today's leaders. This 2-day seminar is for 
managers, technical and marketing staff, and planners, and has NO 
PRE-REQUISITES. The central role of voice technology is documented 
by assessing the many advantages of voice control of machines, the 
factors that challenge recognizers, and the array of available 
products. Recent successes have resulted in hundreds of millions of 
dollars of revenues or cost savings, plus increased satisfaction in use 
of computers. What is it that determines success or failure, accuracy 
versus mistakes in recognition, and user-friendliness? How do 
current devices handle speaker differences, telephone channels, 
continuous speech, and large vocabularies? How can you get started 
in using voice input, select devices, design vocabularies and 
discourses, assess performance, and assure user productivity 
improvements? How do these devices convert acoustic data into 
stochastic, template, or linguistic models, and account for syntax and 
task constraints? What are the markets, and trends? 

	For further information, a detailed brochure, or to register for 
this $795 course, contact SSI at (612) 890-4343 (voice) or (612) 890-
1579 FAX. Save $100 on registration, if you beat the Nov. 17 
earlybird deadline. Provide your name, title, company/organization, 
address, phone, and number planning to attend. BUT act SOON. This is 
your one opportunity for a course in the BAY AREA in the next year!
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