Title :
Current and experimental applications of speech technology for telecom services in Europe
Author :
Sorin, C. ; Gagnoulet, C. ; Charpentier, F. ; Johnston, D. ; Canavesio, F. ; Lochschmidt, B. ; Alvarez, J. ; Cortazar, I. ; Tapias, D. ; Crespo, C. ; Azevedo, J. ; Chaves, R.
Author_Institution :
CNET, Lannion, France
fDate :
30 Sep-1 Oct 1996
Abstract :
This paper provides an overview of operational and experimental telephone services exploiting automatic speech recognition and/or text-to-speech in France, UK, Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal. It illustrates a number of contemporary European systems and summarises the current status of a European project (EURESCOM P502 : MIVA, “Multilingual Interactive Voice Activated Telephone Services”) which involves the telecommunication laboratories of these countries
Keywords :
research initiatives; speech recognition; speech synthesis; telephony; EURESCOM P502; Europe; European project; France; Germany; Italy; MIVA; Multilingual Interactive Voice Activated Telephone Services; Portugal; Spain; UK; experimental applications; speech recognition; speech technology; telecom services; telecommunication laboratories; telephone services; text-to-speech; Automatic speech recognition; Europe; Laboratories; Natural languages; Performance evaluation; Telecommunication services; Telephony; Testing; Vocabulary; Voice mail;
Conference_Titel :
Interactive Voice Technology for Telecommunications Applications, 1996. Proceedings., Third IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Basking Ridge, NJ
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3238-5
DOI :
10.1109/IVTTA.1996.552707
