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by branciforte3241 on September 10th, 2009
Alternately repeat the words "dist" and "disp" out loud, noticing how your lips move differently. They do not sound the same.
If they sound different to a human then they sound different to a computer. There's no difference in the sound waves received by either one.
by Jim in a Nautilus COAT on August 3rd, 2009
Lettuce spray it's not true. They sound different to me when properly pronounced, so given a sufficient amount of development a computer should be able to discriminate between them as well.
by BigDaddyBS on August 3rd, 2009
There will probably always be problems with it, as there is with normal human pronunciation and hearing.
However, I believe that some people, especially broadcasters (radio & TV), who have learned how to enunciate their words clearly, will probably have a lot fewer problems with it. ;-)
by Wide Awake @ has closing date woo hoo on August 3rd, 2009
Hmm, there is a slight difference between these, namely the pause after "new" in the first sentence. But you're right, these sentences could be prone to mistakes, especially if one does not enunciate.
I get such a chuckle out of the voice recognition software used for closed captioning and the words it comes up with at times. :)
by Cyanotic Wasp on August 3rd, 2009
You make me want one more than ever now.
by oneistheonlynumber on September 10th, 2009
There are technologies today that can derive the context and concept of information. It is possible that a system will be able to determine the best of possibilities based on what it knows about the previous context.
Would a modern computer be able to store, in text files, every single word ever written in the English language by humans?
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Computer experts at both MIT & Stanford have already demonstrated that, unless a person uses specific diction (and the average computer user will not), voice-recognition programs will be unable to distinguish between the two phrases noted in my question, and that's just one of the problems plaguing such programs.
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Another program that's in development, is one where the printed words appear on the monitor, as they are being spoken. The problem with that program, is that voice recognition protocols can't distinguish among words like "they're," "their," "there" or, "two," "to" and "too."
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Talking about this reminded me of the "gorilla" exchange in the movie, "Captain Ron," where Kurt Russell's character tells Martin Short's to "Watch out for the guerillas!" Short replies, "Don't be silly. They're aren't any gorillas on this island!"
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+6 for your insightful (but "flawed," respectfully) answer.
by Anonymous on September 11th, 2009
Not flawed. If a human can tell the difference it is because they sound different. If they sound different, then a computer will eventually be able to tell the difference. It's just that the current wave of voice recognition algorithms do not segment and feature-isolate the data in a way that highlight the differences you cite. I think you misunderstood what the MIT/Stanford people were referring to. I don't know what they are saying; I went to Carnegie Mellon, home of the Sphinx project.
But if you are convinced enough of their correctness that you would call my analysis "flawed", then why ask the question in the first place.
You should have asked the question using the example of "their"/"there". Now there's an example of a true homophone. The sound waves generated are the same. You distinguish the two would require the computer to do a level of processing many orders of magnitude more sophisticated. The computer would need to do a context sensitive analysis.
by branciforte3241 on September 11th, 2009
You didn't comment on the Guerilla/Gorilla "exchange" I mentioned.
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My original comment stands, because I was not using my own words, I was quoting a "Silicon Valley" professional, who cited the research at the universities I mentioned, within the parameters of what was known at the time the statement was first uttered.
by Anonymous on September 11th, 2009