From: andrewh@ee.su.OZ.AU (Andrew Hunt)
Subject: draft FAQ for comp.speech - need help
Reply-To: andrewh@ee.su.OZ.AU (Andrew Hunt)
Organization: University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 05:22:42 GMT


I'm working on putting together a Frequently Asked Posting for comp.speech.
I hope that it will be helpful for newcomers and regulars alike.

I've tried to come up with a list of useful questions which are included
below.  If you think you can answer any of them, or if you have any 
suggestions for new or modified questions then please email or post.
The idea is to keep the answers brief and where possible to provide a
reference to a book, or article, or ftp site, or whatever with lots more
detailed information.

Lots of useful information has already been posted to the group.  It would
be great if it could be distilled into the FAQ.

I expect it will take a few drafts to knock into shape.



                       comp.speech

                Frequently Asked Questions
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Revision: 	0.01
Last Modified:	13 October, 1992


(FAQ means "Frequently Asked Questions")

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        Anybody who is willing to contribute any question or
        information, please email me; if it is relevant,
        I will incorporate it. But: Please format your contribution
        appropriately and keep it brief so that I can just drop it in.
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The purpose is to provide basic information for individuals who are new 
to the field of speech technology or are just beginning to read this group.


The FAQ is not meant to discuss any topic exhaustively.  It will hopefully
provide readers with pointers on where to find useful information.


Disclaimer: This posting is provided 'as is'.
            No warranty whatsoever is expressed or implied, 
            especially, no warranty that the information contained herein
            is correct or useful in any way, although both are intended.


========================== Acknowledgements ===========================

Would you like to have your name here?


============================== Questions ==============================

PART 1 - General
Q1.1: What is comp.speech?
Q1.2: Where are the comp.speech archives?
Q1.3: Common abbreviations and jargon.
Q1.4: What are related newsgroups?
Q1.5: What are useful journals and conferences?
Q1.6: What speech databases are available?

PART 2 - Signal Processing for Speech
Q2.1: What speech sampling and signal processing hardware can I use?
Q2.2: Signal processing techniques used for speech technology.

PART 3 - Speech Coding and Compression
Q3.1: What is speech compression and coding?
Q3.2: How can speech be compressed?
Q3.3: By how much can speech be compressed?
Q3.4: What are some good references/books on coding/compression?
Q3.5: What software is available?

PART 4 - Speech Synthesis
Q4.1: What is speech synthesis?
Q4.2: How is speech synthesis done?
Q4.3: How good is speech synthesis?
Q4.4: What are some good references/books on synthesis?
Q4.5: What software is available?
Q4.6: What hardware is available?
Q4.7: What products are available?

PART 5 - Speech Recognition
Q5.1: What is speech recognition?
Q5.2: How good is speech recognition?
Q5.3: What does speaker dependent/adaptive/indpendent mean?
Q5.4: What does small/medium/large/very-large vocabulary mean?
Q5.5: What does continuous speech or isolated-word mean?
Q5.6: How is speech recognition done?
Q5.7: What are some good references/books on recognition?
Q5.8: What software is available?
Q5.9: What hardware is available?
Q5.10: What products are available?

PART 6 - Natural Lanuage Processing
Q6.1: What is NLP?
Q6.2: How is NLP done?
Q6.3: What are some good references/books on NLP?
Q6.4: What software is available?
Q6.5: What products are available?


Andrew Hunt
andrewh@ee.su.oz.au



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