hthompson%edxa@ucl-cs.arpa (08/03/84)
From: HENRY T HPS (on ERCC DEC-10) <hthompson%edxa@ucl-cs.arpa>
[Edited by Laws@SRI-AI.]
A major 5-year research and development project in speech recognition is to
start at the University of Edinburgh in October 1984 under the direction of
Dr John Laver and Dr Henry Thompson, in conjunction with members of the
Departments of Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering and
Linguistics.
The goal of the project is a machine assisted speech transcription system -
a text input device starting from spoken input, and depending on incremental
interactions between user and system to develop a final text.
Computing resources will include 2 VAX 11/750s running UNIX(TM Bell
Laboratories) and a network of Xerox 1108s running Interlisp-D. The eventual
target is the Alice parallel reduction machine.
In addition to the ten people already involved, seventeen new
positions are available. For further information, write Dr J. Laver,
Centre for Speech Technology Research, Department of Linguistics, Adam
Ferguson Building, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LL, SCOTLAND, or call
031 667-1011 x6380.