A Speech Understanding System: An Example of RAND Research.

A. S. Hoffman

Expert InsightsPublished 1973

Text of a speech to be presented at the Technical Research Laboratories at the Japan Broadcasting Corporation on May 7, 1973. The author describes the structure and organization of RAND, including management, experience, capabilities, and its two major programs; domestic research and national security. A computer speech understanding system is used as an illustrative example of a typical program at RAND, with a description of the current state of the art, the advantages of using continuous speech as a man-computer interface, the problems involved, the short-term goals to be reached, and the potential applications of such a speech understanding capability. 28 pp. Ref.

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Hoffman, A. S., A Speech Understanding System: An Example of RAND Research. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1973. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5002.html.
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