[Asterisk-Users] speech recognition V 2.0

[Robert Rozman]

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From: "Race Vanderdecken" <asteriskusers at codetyrant.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 6:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] speech recognition V 2.0


> Greetings David,
>
> PerlBox would not be usable for the level of service that is needed by
> Asterisk to be viable Speech.
>
> PerlBox is a vocabulary based recognizer, or I as I call it a "grunter",
> where you grunt something and it then does something cute.
>
> Grunters depend on you creating a "vocabulary" list that is different
> enough in the syllables so that it can tell cookie from kooky.
>
> So long as each grunt is different you can get a response from it.
>
> But a grunter can't do "computer, call my mother-in-law in France using
> the PSTN connection". It can do "Mom". If you talk to a computer the way
> you talk to a dog you don't get much more then sit, stay and down.
>
> The problem and the reason such Reco has never gained support is like
> all Voice/Speech Activated Dialing engines is that you have to remember
> all the vocabulary to use it.
>
> If you want to call "Robert" you can't say "Bob".
>
> Grammar based recognition is the only solution. I know because I have
> watched several companies' which demanded that they can do it with
> grunter, which go out of business because the "Stupid Customers" won't
> learn how to use the system correctly.
>
> Maybe we should refer to the grunter engines as the Neanderthal engines.
> Not so much an evolutionary step so much as a evolutionary sidetrack
> experiment that went down a dead end. Grammar reco is not descendent
> from grunters; it starts further up the tree and is a distinct
> evolutionary line.
>
> As to PerlBox, I give kudos for their efforts for watch they have
> accomplished and their efforts are to be applauded for its segment. But
> it will not be able to progress into a useful and widely accepted
> Asterisk add-on.
>
> Sphinx and Festival are good projects. The last I worked with sphinx I
> was told that it would need modifications to make it more grammar aware,
> but that was 2 years ago and things may have improved. If not then
> Sphinx people please let me know when you will add grammars natively or
> refer me a grammar based engine.
>
Hi,

there are some initial attempts to connect Misterhouse and Sphinx4 to
dinamically transfer grammar that is to be recognized. There could be some
colaboration here...

Regards,

Rob.