Speech Recognition in Silicon

Ben Sullivan writes "NSF-funded researchers are working to develop a silicon-based approach to speech recognition. "The goal is to create a radically new and efficient silicon chip architecture that only does speech recognition, but does this 100 to 1,000 times more efficiently than a conventional computer." Good use of $1 million?"

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Speech - text and text - speech

[tod_miller]

There isn't much overlap, but there is some. Singal processing, the breaking down of the naunces of speach.

I figure a hardware speech processor and hardware speech synthesis (very very accurate and believable) would have a great use for mankind.

Imagine how much cheaper sex chat lines owuld be for instance!

They owuld only need a limited vocabulary, so perhaps the OS IBM stuff would work for now?

Of course, I bet a patent will come out of this... voice technology that is very realible and very easy will remove a whole interface. Talk back to your sat nav...

"turn left"

"I can't its bloody road works"

"Turn left"

"Damn you!"

"turn left, turn left, you will be assimilated"

"what did you say?"

"erm, nothing, I mean, turn left"