CONTINUOUS SPEECH RECOGNITION - AN IBM RESEARCH PROJECT.

Abstract

Summary form only given, as follows. Continuous speech recognition is an attempt to develop a 'voice-actuated typewriter' that automatically transcribes naturally spoken utterances into correct orthography. A reliable speech recognizer would facilitate the most economical speech compaction and transmission. The current IBM objective is to accomplish real-time transcription of office correspondence using an experimental system consisting of a microcomputer, several array processors, and an editing workstation with a display, keyboard, and printer. To make real-time performance possible, the vocabulary is restricted to 5000 words that must be spoken with short pauses between them. The author describes the current state of the project, outlines its methods, and discusses future prospects, with special attention given to text processing and communication.