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From: ebohlman@netcom.com (Eric Bohlman)
Subject: Re: speech dication/recognition
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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 06:20:33 GMT
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Chris Rider (crider@iglou.com) wrote:
: Could someone point me (or even send information) on a hardware/software
: package that could be used by a deaf person?  Here is what this person
: asked me about:  They want a package that can display words on the
: screen as they are spoken by someone over the telephone (i.e. they want
: to be able to read the conversation on the screen).  This person can
: talk fine, so a voice synth is not needed.  If there is not a hardware
: package, is there something commerically available (like through a
: research or healthcare system)?  I have no idea about the subject.  I
: did not think the voice recognition software/hardware was very reliable
: yet (especially for different people's voices).  Any help is appreicated.

What you're looking for doesn't exist commercially yet 
(speaker-independent transcription of continuous, conversational speech).

