HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: monika@i13d1.ira.uka.de (Monika Woszczyna)
Newsgroups: comp.speech
Subject: 30 word speech recognition, PC-based
Date: 25 Jan 1993 10:53:46 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: i13d10.ira.uka.de

I'm looking for a very simple speech recognition 
system (take home, plug in, works), that can handle
30 isolated german words (2 to 3 sylables each) - if
possible speaker independent or with LITTLE training.
The application is automated diagnosis report writing.

Does anybody know if (where) such a system is
available? 



Please answer by email to monika@ira.uka.de;

                   thanks, monika;



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Newsgroups: comp.speech
From: tommi@rieska.oulu.fi (Tommi Kaikkonen)
Subject: Re: Chinese Databases
Organization: Taidonkaari 1 E 36, 90570 Oulu, FINLAND
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:00:08 GMT

lwyse@music.bu.edu (Lonce LaMar Wyse) writes:

> Couldn't find info on Chinese standard speech databases in the
> FAQ postings! Is there anything out there used by more than one lab?

Hello, I am currently working on a Chinese Text-To-Speech system.
It is using a very simple dictionnary from cxterm's input methods
to translate from GB-to-TonePinyin (the romanized spelling).
After that it will proceed to cut the tone pinyin into pieces which
are found from a big database of spoken syllables which I am currently
composing. What kind of information you need? I have been doing this
thing for half a year already. As far as I know there is nothing
like this done before...

Tommi

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tommi Kaikkonen / Taidonkaari 1 E 36 / 90570 OULU / FINLAND           
Tel. +358-81-5546081, InterNet: tommi@phoenix.oulu.fi
Newsgroups: comp.speech
From: ulrike@gmd.de (Ulrike Bauer)
Subject: thanks for dectalk info
Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:31:06 GMT

Thanks to everybody who helped me to get information about DECtalk.
Meanwhile I finished my master thesis. To the advice of a lot of
people I read the Klatt article which gave me a good overview to the
existing text-to-speech systems. I was very pleased having received so
many responses.

Ulrike

ulrike.bauer@gmd.de

Newsgroups: comp.speech
From: pbrunk@aisun2.ai.uga.edu (Paul Brunk [MSAI])
Subject: Re: Klatt Synth
Organization: UGA AI Programs, Athens, Georgia
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 19:16:22 GMT

Hey:

I was out of town during the Klatt posts and only caught the tail end of
them.  I also ask that someone repost or mail them.  It would be neat.

Thanks all,

Paul Brunk
pbrunk@ai.uga.edu
From: rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.speech
Subject: not phonemes, but.. _______?
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:02:05
Organization: Denning Mobile Robotics
Distribution: comp
NNTP-Posting-Host: nymph.msel.unh.edu


What is the term for the unit of speech that takes into account the preceeding
and trailing sounds?  I seem to recall reading something about that using this
method instead of phonemes produced much more normal sounding speech, and that
there were still a reasonable (300-400?) number of these units in the english
language.

Thanks,
Roger


--
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS:  Pieces of plastic and metal, crudely fashioned to
  bear a limited, superficial resemblance to real flowers, but with no
  credible attempt to match their internal complexity in terms of form,
  function, or behavior.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Really smart computers.

Roger Gonzalez - rg@msel.unh.edu     (508) 658-7800 (fax -2492)
Denning Mobile Robotics, 21 Concord Street, Wilmington MA 01887
Newsgroups: comp.speech
From: marshall@seas.gwu.edu (Christopher Marshall)
Subject: Re: not phonemes, but.. _______?
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 20:29:19 GMT

I believe the term you are looking for is 'triphone.'  Kai Fu Lee
made a big deal out of triphones in his PhD Thesis on the Sphinx
system.

A triphone is a context-dependant phoneme.  You would think that there
are on the order of 40 to 50 cubed of these in English, but quite a few
of these combinations never appear.  I think there are around 2000 of
them that are actually used in English.

Chris Marshall
marshall@seas.gwu.egu

Newsgroups: comp.speech
From: mblawson@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (Matthew B Lawson)
Subject: Seeking books, info etc.
Summary: Looking for books or other info
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:34:13 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Keywords: speech voice books info

     Hi there!  It has long been my desire to write an intelligent voice-
recognition system for a PC, not one of these that simply samples whole
words and compares them with their preset patterns, but one that actually
parses the words into syllables and fits them to a definable language
grammar, like a computer language works.
     I would like it to be able to do voice ID as well as respond to words
by anyone.  As far as I know, this product does not currently exist for a PC,
but someone someday will write it, so it might as well be me! :)
     Anyway, I would like info on books or other references which could tell
me about taking an audio sample and making a frequency spectrum analyzer in
the 1-3kHz range, as this would be my first step.
     In addition, I would like to know about any other books or info on
voice/speech recognition in general, as well as what programs currently exist
for the PC.  Thanks for any help!!
                       - Matt

-- 
   | Matthew B. Lawson <----------------> (mblawson@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu)  |   
 --+--                                                                   --+-- 
   |      "The heart is deceitful above all things, and beyond cure.       |   
   |       Who can understand it?" - Jeremiah 17:9                         |   
Newsgroups: comp.speech
From: reyes@omicron.cs.fsu.edu (Carlos Reyes)
Subject: Help, feature extractor needed
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 05:55:32 GMT

 Hello everybody:

 I like to know if there is any software available (via FTP) to perform
feature extraction on the speech signal for Sun sparcs. I don't know if
this is a FAQ question, but I appreciate any help. 

 I am working on a speech recognizer using fuzzy neural networks, but I
need a good speech analyser. Rigth now I am using the program ILS for PCs
to do the speech analysis, and I have to convert the files to the Sun's
format which takes a very long time.

 The answers can be mailed to me directly or posted in this news group, I
promise to post a summary of all the answers I receive.

 Thanks in advance.

 Carlos A. Reyes
 reyes@cs.fsu.edu
From: yojst+@pitt.edu
Newsgroups: comp.speech
Subject: Help : books wanted
Summary: books for beginners on speech recognition
Date: 29 Jan 93 03:57:54 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Originator: yojst@unixd1.cis.pitt.edu

Hi, tell me some books on speech recognition for beginners, will you?
Many thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Young.
(please email me directly! yojst@unixd.cis.pitt.edu, better hurry! :) )

Newsgroups: comp.speech
From: kirk@otago.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.speech
Subject: maori speech resources
Date: 22 Jan 93 21:15:55 +1300
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

 
I'm trying to find out what research if any has been done on  Maori
speech synthesis, recognition or other computer-based language systems.
Also does anyone know of the existence of a Maori frequency word list or
other Maori word usage statistics? 


Thanks in anticipation,
krik

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Newsgroups: comp.speech
From: BPHEINTZ@UCSVAX.UCS.UMASS.EDU (BRADLEY P HEINTZ)
Newsgroups: comp.speech
Subject: Re: not phonemes, but.. _______?
Date: 28 Jan 93 15:48:16 GMT
Organization: B. P. Heintz & Associates
NNTP-Posting-Host: deimos.ucs.umass.edu
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <RG.93Jan26210205@nymph.msel.unh.edu> rg@msel.unh.edu writes:

> 
> What is the term for the unit of speech that takes into account the preceeding
> and trailing sounds?  I seem to recall reading something about that using this
> method instead of phonemes produced much more normal sounding speech, and that
> there were still a reasonable (300-400?) number of these units in the english
> language.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Roger Gonzalez - rg@msel.unh.edu     (508) 658-7800 (fax -2492)
> Denning Mobile Robotics, 21 Concord Street, Wilmington MA 01887

I think (but I'm not entirely sure) that the term you're looking for is
"allophones."

If that's not it, good luck finding it.

-Brad

*=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=*
I'm not into money.  I'm into freedom.

(413)546-5152
bpheintz@phobos.ucs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.speech
From: bdbryan@eng.clemson.edu (Ben Bryant)
Subject: Public Domain HMM code
Reply-To: bdbryan@eng.clemson.edu
Organization: College of Engineering, Clemson Univ.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:43:17 GMT

Hello speech group....

I was wondering whether anyone who reads this newsgroup knows of some
PD-HMM software that could be "had" from someplace? Specifically, it
would be nice to see a "generic" implementation in C code, but other
languages would be O.K. as well. Also, any general tutorial references
concerning HMM implementation, training, and testing would be most
welcome. Thanks for any and all help.

-Ben B.
<bdbryan@eng.clemson.edu>

Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: edmtl@alf.uib.no (Thor Legvold)
Subject: REQUEST: ZyXEL 1496 info
Organization: University of Bergen, Norway
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 15:12:31 GMT

I would like info about this fax/modem (and price, if you have it).

Regards,
-- 
Thor Legvold                 |    This is the strangest life
NorNeXT User Group leader    |    I've ever known...
University of Bergen         |         - Jim Morrison, The Doors
Xref: sparky comp.periphs:1775 comp.unix.admin:7204 comp.unix.misc:5002
From: leilas@ems.cdc.com (Leila Schneberger)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.misc
Subject: 8mm Tape to Tape copier
Date: 22 Jan 93 17:48:01 GMT
Reply-To: leilas@ems.cdc.com
Followup-To: comp.periphs
Organization: Empros Systems International, a division of Ceridian

Can anyone provide me with information regarding companies that make
8mm tape duplication machines? We have IBM RS/6000s running AIX 3.2
and need to copy hundreds of tapes. I am looking for names of companies,
types of copiers available, helpful advice, etc.

E-mail replies, please.
Thanks!
-- 

 Leila Schneberger                 leilas@ems.cdc.com  
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: qian@iastate.edu (Qiang Qian)
Subject: wanted: electronic engraving machine
Keywords: electronic engraving
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 03:08:57 GMT

	Could someone help me to find a manufacture of electronic
engraving machine which in programable.  

Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: timhu@ico.isc.com (Timothy Hu)
Subject: Re: Wanted: recommendations on UPS
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Boulder CO
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:13:33 GMT

In article <1k6o4hINNll9@shelley.u.washington.edu> iho@cac.washington.edu writes:
>I need to get some UPS systems for my file servers.  If you've been happy
>with what you're using, let me know the brand and model.  I'm looking for
>something in the 500 Watt range.
>
>-- 
>Il Hwan Oh                              | "You live and learn.
>Computer Facilities Manager             |   At any rate, you live."
>University of Washington, Tacoma        |            -- Douglas Adams
>iho@cac.washington.edu                  | 

I have a BEST Ferrups 500VA. I've had it for three years. Not a single
problem. This model is, in effect, an online UPS without the bulk of
the online circuitry and the advantages of a standby UPS. This
translates to *reliability*. The battery finally wore out two months ago.
The folks at BEST said I needed a 31AH maintenance-free battery to replace
it. The smallest deep cycle battery was a 100AH battery (!), so I just
got KMart's cheapest car battery ($35) and stuck it in there. I tested
it by pulling the plug - I get one hour of power with my 386/VGA. I
suppose that if I turned my monitor off, I'd get something like two
hours of power.
-- 
Timothy Hu timhu@ico.isc.com	 | The intelligence (or lack of) expressed
Interactive Systems Corporation  | above does not necessarily reflect
Resource Solutions International | that of anyone else.
From: pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Re: DAT data rate & capacity (was: Re: Dumping a Gigabyte )
Keywords: DAT, QIC
Date: 23 Jan 93 07:39:01 GMT
Organization: The College On The Other Side Of Route One

Is there any UNIX backup program that will put more than one backup
session on a DAT tape?

I want to set aside a tape to archive source code, and want to be able
to just add to that tape.

Thanks,
Pete
From: keele@skyfox
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: WANTED: High speed video (1ms accurate)...
Date: 21 JAN 93 21:04:54 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan
NNTP-Posting-Host: sask.usask.ca

Hello,

	We are interested in obtaining some information on high speed video
monitors and sub-systems. The video refresh rate must allow 1ms accuracy.
Most common mutil-syncs require approx. 13-14ms for a screen sweep. If anyone
has any information on such systems, or knows of someone who does, could you 
please send e-mail.

	Thanks in advance.

///Ross

A. Ross Keele                 | Keele@Sask.Usask.CA
Dept. of Psychology           | 46 Arts Building
University of Saskatchewan    | (306) 966-6696
From: louis@cpd.Tandem.COM (Louis Meadows)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Alantic Research Corp's Interkey/Intershake
Date: 25 Jan 93 22:01:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: tandem.1993Jan25.220107.2269
Organization: Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino CA


 Hi,

 I am the luck owner of one of these old datascopes !  Does anyone have any
information on this box ???

  Thanks in advance,

        Louis
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: afdenis@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov (Stephen Dennison)
Subject: The  486DX/2 chips .... are they *direct* replacements for the DX ?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: Ancient Souls Inc.
Date: 27 Jan 1993 22:53 EST  

So I hear all this stuff about the 486DX/2 being a direct replacement for 
the DX, and that any motherboard with a DX in it can support a DX/2 by 
simply replacing the chip. Well, I have a chance to get a 486DX/2 66 and I 
have a motherboard that only *explicitly* supports a DX 33. 

Do I need a special socket or can I 
just drop the DX/2 chip in in place of the DX ? Are they pin-compatible ? I 
really need to know because once I buy the chip I can't send it back and 
it's pretty expensive. Also, I have a 66.666 MHz x-tal in place ... do I 
have to change it ? 


Barring that, I may trade the DX/2 66 for a DX/33 and some cash, so if it 
won't work, I might still buy it and trade someone who *can* use it.

Let me know if you can help or if you would be interested in the chip if it 
won't work in my board.

Thanks,

-- Stephen

{Experimental .sig # 30245/T}

Humans -- 

	Beings stupid enough to create their own monsters, and then 
	curse their luck when they run into them.
From: jkubicky@cco.caltech.edu (Joseph J. Kubicky)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Opinions on cheap laser printers?
Date: 26 Jan 1993 22:45:58 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu


I'm looking for opinions from people who have used any of the cheapo 
lasers out there right now.  Okidata has something for around $650 and
the LaserJet IIP+'s are around $850.  I'd appreciate opinions on these
and any other under-$1000 lasers.

Reply by e-mail - I'll summarize results & post.

Thanks,

Jay Kubicky
jkubicky@cco.caltech.edu
From: il@bambam.u.washington.edu (Il Hwan Oh)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Wanted: recommendations on UPS
Date: 27 Jan 93 19:34:41 GMT
Article-I.D.: shelley.1k6o4hINNll9
Reply-To: iho@cac.washington.edu
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Washington, Tacoma
NNTP-Posting-Host: bambam.u.washington.edu

I need to get some UPS systems for my file servers.  If you've been happy
with what you're using, let me know the brand and model.  I'm looking for
something in the 500 Watt range.

-- 
Il Hwan Oh                              | "You live and learn.
Computer Facilities Manager             |   At any rate, you live."
University of Washington, Tacoma        |            -- Douglas Adams
iho@cac.washington.edu                  | 
From: kev@hpcpbla.bri.hp.com (Kevin Jones)
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 08:03:15 GMT
Subject: Re: DAT data rate & capacity (was: Re: Dumping a Gigabyte )
Organization: HP Computer Peripherals Bristol, UK
Newsgroups: comp.periphs

> My HP35480A DAT claims peak rates of from 366-732 KB/sec.
> I have been AVERAGING about 330 KB/sec. ( with compression off, using
> gnutar on an IBM RS/6000 ).

Although I hate to say it, the 35480 has a NATIVE data transfer rate of    
183Kbytes/second. Anything you get above that is due to data compression.
Data suggests technical UNIX  users get comprression ratios "around 2" 
which is what you're seeing. Commercial UNIX users (we're talking about 
the folks who buy massive disks and put data bases full of 000's on them)
can see ratios of 4 (and sometimes more!).
 
> [ However - I would *LIKE* to be able to go with QIC technology rather 
>   than helical scan ( 4mm DAT or 8mm ) _IF_ONLY_ QIC technology was today
>   where they claim they'll be in a couple years. I'm uneasy relying upon
>   all that ECC on top of an inherently unreliable recording technology. 
>   I'ld *rather* have the ECC on *top of* a reliable medium. ( But then
>   I'm a sort of belt-AND-suspenders kind of guy! :-) ] 

QIC technology and DAT technology have fought a battle over data integrity
claims for a long time. DAT has always been based on a high-bit-density +
high-ECC-percentage to achieve data integrity. QIC has slowly worked its 
way up from no ECC to "whatevers required for the current density". 
About 19% of the "bits" written by a 2.0Gbyte QIC drive are ECC.
About 33% of the "bits" written by a DDS DAT drive are ECC (this excludes
rewrites of data that read-after-write flagged as incorrect).

All I can say on this emotive issue is that (in my own biased opinion)
QIC has no edge over DAT in the integrity stakes and I'm forming opinions
that the reverse might be true.


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From: rezac@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Information Wanted: TOUCH DISPLAYS
Date: 21 Jan 93 14:36:22 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services


I'm looking for information regarding the pricing and availability of Touch
Displays.  I have information IBMs 8516 Touch Display Model 001.  Given
the relatively high cost of this hardware and the fact that it was introduced 
about 18 months ago I figure there have to be similar products available.

The intended application is an interactive information kiosk.
Please mail your responses if possible.

Thanks,

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The University of Kansas -- Academic Computing        Lawrence, KS  66045
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: it1@ra.msstate.edu (Tim Tsai)
Subject: toshiba drives
Organization: Mississippi State University
Distribution: na
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 08:52:24 GMT

  Does anybody know what RPM Toshiba 3.5" drives run at?
I'm interested in the 877Meg version (Dirt Cheap drives have them for
right around $1000).  These are SCSI-2 drives.  Currently I have a
Fujitsu 2623SA (3.5", SCSI-2 at 4400 RPM).  Any information on the
Toshiba or comparison to the Fujitsu would be welcome.  Thanks..

  Tim
  it1@ra.msstate.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
From: gasman1@netcom.com (David A. Silva)
Subject: Re: Adaptec 1542B or Ultrastor 14F
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 07:07:43 GMT

Art
I have an Adaptec 1542B. I also have an Ultrastor 14F. The Adaptec is
hands down winner. The Adaptec card and ASPI manager are much more
configurable to tweak best performance from your system. Also, the Adaptec
is being directly supported by OS/2 and WIN NT - with Ultrastor you have
to wait until they develop drivers for these programs - they will, but
they are slow to release them. The Adaptec can be configured to run 30%
faster than the Ultrastor on my system.

David
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From: ajb@s-crim1.dl.ac.uk (Alan Bleasby)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Help: pinouts on ST2383N
Date: 26 Jan 93 17:18:21 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: SERC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK
NNTP-Posting-Host: seqnet.dl.ac.uk


I'd be grateful if somone could sent me a list of what jumpers 1-19 do
on a Seagate ST2383N

TIA

Alan Bleasby
SERC Daresbury Laboratory
Warrington WA4 4AD
UK

Email: ajb@s-crim1.dl.ac.uk
From: tp923021@jarrah.canberra.edu.au (ben elliston)
Sender: gateway@f262.n620.z3.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Wrong Adaptec .BID
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 18:52:02

Organization: Compact Solutions, Canberra ACT Australia

I've got an Adaptec 1542 SCSI controller in an OS/2 1.3 server which happens to have (I didn't install it, nor the operating system) a .BID file called "AHA164x.BID" in the root directory.

If I remove it and replace it with the (correct?) 1542 .BID file (AHA154x.BID), the machine fails to boot.

Why is it that the right driver makes the machine crash?

Any ideas would be warmly welcomed. :-)

Thanks.

Cheers, Ben