Here are some readings for Tuesday, primarily about the use of speech
technologies in developing countries.  I'd like to discuss these, and
then try applying similar ideas to using speech technology for
endangered languages.

<P><A HREF=http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4777828>
The Utility of Spoken Dialog Systems. Barnard, E., Plauche, M., Davel, M. (2008)</A>

<P><A HREF=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jsherwan/JS-thesis.pdf>
Speech Interfaces for Information Access by Low Literate Users. Sherwani, J. (2009)</A>
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This is long, focus on section 5.

<P><A HREF=http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jsherwan/pubs/case-slt4d.pdf>
The Case for Speech Technology for Developing Regions. Sherwani, J., Rosenfeld, R. (2008)</A>

<P><A HREF=http://mikeb.inta.gatech.edu/uploads/papers/qsort.Liberia.pdf>
Uses of Mobile Phones in Post-Conflict Liberia. Best, M., Etherton, J., Smyth, T. & Wornyo, E. (2009).</A>