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Voice Communication Between Humans and Machines (1994)
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many types of systems (but particularly interactive systems) to incorporate NLP into their systems. Users will begin to expect their systems to understand spoken or typed commands and queries, to be able to classify bodies of text, and to extract various kinds of information from bodies of text.

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Front Matter (R1-R10)
Dedication (1-4)
Voice Communication Between Humans and Machines--An Introduction (5-12)
Scientific Bases of Human-Machine Communication by Voice (13-14)
Scientific Bases of Human-Machine Communication by Voice (15-33)
The Role of Voice in Human-Machine Communication (34-75)
Speech Communication -- An Overview (76-104)
Speech Synthesis Technology (105-106)
Computer Speech Synthesis: Its Status and Prospects (107-115)
Models of Speech Synthesis (116-134)
Linguistic Aspects of Speech Synthesis (135-156)
Speech Recognition Technology (157-158)
Speech Recognition Technology: A Critique (159-164)
State of the Art in Continuous Speech Recognition (165-198)
Training and Search Methods for Speech Recognition (199-214)
Natural Language Understanding Technology (215-216)
The Roles of Language Processing in a Spoken Language Interface (217-237)
Models of Natural Language Understanding (238-253)
Integration of Speech with Natural Language Understanding (254-272)
Applications of Voice-Processing Technology I (273-274)
A Perspective on Early Commercial Applications of Voice-Processing Technology for Telecommunications and Aids for the Handicapped (275-279)
Applications of Voice-Processing Technology in Telecommunications (280-310)
Speech Processing for Physical and Sensory Disabilities (311-344)
Applications of Voice-Processing Technology II (345-346)
Commercial Applications of Speech Interface Technology: An Industry at the Threshold (347-356)
Military and Government Applications of Human-Machine Communication by Voice (357-370)
Technology Deployment (371-372)
Deployment of Human-Machine Dialogue Systems (373-389)
What Does Voice-Processing Technology Support Today? (390-421)
User Interfaces for Voice Applications (422-442)
Technology in 2001 (443-444)
Speech Technology in the Year 2001 (445-449)
Toward the Ultimate Synthesis/Recognition System (450-466)
Speech Technology in 2001: New Research Directions (467-481)
New Trends in Natural Language Processing: Statistical Natural Language Processing (482-504)
The Future of Voice-Processing Technology in the World of Computers and Communications (505-514)
Author Biographies (515-524)
Index (525-548)