학술논문

Natural Language with Discrete Speech as a Mode for Human-to-Machine Communication.
Document Type
Article
Source
Communications of the ACM. Jun85, Vol. 28 Issue 6, p628-636. 9p. 5 Charts, 1 Graph.
Subject
*NATURAL language processing
*COMPUTER systems
*ARTIFICIAL intelligence
*PROBLEM solving
*SPEECH perception
*LANGUAGE & languages
Language
ISSN
0001-0782
Abstract
A voice interactive natural language system, which allows users to solve problems with spoken English commands, has been constructed. The system utilizes a commercially available discrete speech recognizer which requires that each word be followed by approximately a 300 millisecond pause. In a test of the system, subjects were able to learn its use after about two hours of training. The system correctly processed about 77 percent of the over 6000 input sentences spoken in problem-solving sessions. Subjects spoke at the rate of about three sentences per minute and were able to effectively use the system to complete the given tasks. Subjects found the system relatively easy to learn and use, and gave a generally positive report of their experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]