Telephone-based information access has the potential to deliver a significant positive impact in the developing world. We discuss some of the most important issues that must be addressed in order to realize this potential, including matters related to resource development, automatic speech recognition, text-to-text speech systems, and user-interface design. Although our main focus has been on the eleven official languages of South Africa, we believe that many of these same issues will be relevant for the application of speech technology throughout the developing world.
Reference:
Barnard, E, Davel, MH and Van Huyssteen, GB. Speech technology for information access: a South African case study. AAAI Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI Spring Symposium Series, Stanford University, USA, 22-24 March 2010
Barnard, E., Davel, M., & Van Huyssteen, G. (2010). Speech technology for information access: a South African case study. AAAI. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5573
Barnard, E, MH Davel, and GB Van Huyssteen. "Speech technology for information access: a South African case study." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5573
Barnard E, Davel M, Van Huyssteen G, Speech technology for information access: a South African case study; AAAI; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5573 .
