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Uses of Spoken Language System Applications
- Alternative to the keyboard
- Document generation
- Medical report dictation
- Access information and conduct transactions by telephone
When you are on the road and do not have access to your computer, you can use the telephone to:- Access the Internet
- Trade stock, make banking transactions
- Use natural dialogue instead of "... if ... press 5 now ..."
- Have your email read to you
- Get instantaneous traffic updates to help you decide which route to take
- Get spoken directions without looking away from the road
- Operate your mobile phone without touching buttons
- Education
Speech synthesis and recognition is used to:- teach children spelling to sound rules, difficult words
- teach foreign languages to adults -- machines often pronounce words more accurately than non-native teachers.
- Remediation of language difficulties
Specialists in dyslexia and other language disabilities have been using speech technologies for a number of years. These technologies provide new avenues for remediation, such as showing the tongue by making a computer-generated face transparent - Auditory / visual challenges
The earliest use of Spoken Language Technologies was the reading machine, allowing blind people to read books. Equally famous is the case of the British physicist Hawkins who has lost the ability to speak, and uses a gesture-operated speech synthesis system. This field has now a whole array of technologies that also help hearing impaired children with interactive audio-visual software, and many other assistive approaches. - Security
Some computer manufacturers allow you to log in by saying your password. As speaker verification technology further improves, spoken passwords are on their way to become the "lock" of the future. - Toys
Dolls have been talking for many years, but now they know who is talking to them and they will greet you with your name.
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