[comp.sys.next] SPHINX

eht@f.word.cs.cmu.edu (Eric Thayer) (02/09/90)

Yes, SPHINX does run on the NeXT with some caveats.

1) Development of new recognition tasks sometimes requires expert knowledge
   to perform optimally.

2) Running existing recognition tasks optimally requires some care as to mic
   choice and placement.

3) Documentation is sparse, but improving.

We are working on these areas continually, but currently, the casual
user can easily be disappointed after he/she gets to the point where
he/she wants to build a new vocabulary and grammar.  However, we have
transferred the technology to a number of major companies that have
speech recognition efforts and some have successfully built their own tasks.

The tasks that NeXT demos were developed here at CMU.  We were confident that
they would perform reasonably well given that NeXT's SE's were aware of
what mic's would work and after some practice with the systems.
-- 
Eric H. Thayer      School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
(412) 268-7679      5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

SLVQC@CUNYVM (Salvatore Saieva) (02/09/90)

Is SPHINX available for ftp anywhere?

Sal.