ajb@cs.brown.edu (04/08/89)
comp.sys.next NeXT Digest
Volume 1 Issue 3
Compiled at Brown University from the Bitnet NeXT-L List
Today's Subjects:
Next Office
Info on NEXT
NeXT and TeX
voice recognition software
voice recognition software
Re: Vol 1 Issue 46 -- NeXT-L Digest
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 89 11:40:33 EDT
From: Faustino Cantu Botello <PL191309@TECMTYVM>
Subject: Next Office
I'm interested in some information about the Next-L but i would like to
write to the central office of Next Corporation, can somebody tell me
the adress and phone number of the offices?
Thank you
Facabo
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Date: Mon, 6 Mar 89 16:41:00 N
From: FISICA@ASTRPD.INFN.IT
Subject: Info on NEXT
Dear Sir/Madam,
an american friend of mine gave me your address to get infos about the
NEXT computer. This message comes from Italy.
Several italian scientific institutioins are quite interesting in
getting a NEXT machine. In particular, I am the vice-director of the
Astrophysics Sector of the International School for Advanced Studies
of Trieste; the School is also interested in computing and in new
machines (this because I read that the NEXT will be sold only to
scientific institutions).
I would be very gratefull if you could let me have any info, in
particular how to buy a NEXT. All we know here is what appeared in an
isuue of Byte of few months ago.
Thanks for help/info.
Max Calvani
SISSA-ISAS
Strada Costiera 11
34014 Miramare (Trieste) - Italy
bitnet: fisica%astrpd.infn.it@icineca 2.bitnet
SPAN: 39003::fisica
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 89 17:44:00 N
From: FISICA@ASTRPD.INFN.IT
Subject: NeXT and TeX
In issue 43 of NeXT-l several people were complaining about TeX fonts
to be used with NeXT.
Now, an enhancement to TeX (well, actually to Latex) has been done by
Mario Wolczko, Dept. Computer Science, The University, Manchester M13 9PL,UK.
It is called Pslatex. It may be obtained for free by the tex archive
at: archive-server@sun.soe.clarkson.edu.
Just send the following two-lines message:
PATH Your-e-mail-return-address
SEND LATEX-STYLE PSLATEX.SHAR
For those who have access to SPAN, it may also be copied from:
39003::dua0:[tex.latex-style]pslatex.shar
(where another TeX archive is kept).
Pslatex uses, when available, resident Postscript fonts. When not (like
for math symbols) it uses ordinary tex fonts.
Max Calvani
(from Italy, hoping to succeed in getting a Next over here!)
bitnet: fisica%astrpd.infn.it@icineca2.bitnet
SPAN : 39003::fisica
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Date: Tue, 7 Mar 89 14:44:19 CST
From: HAUSAM@UIUCVMD
Subject: voice recognition software
Does anyone know specific information about voice recognition software
for the NeXT and its availability? I had heard from somewhere that software
had been developed for this application, I believe making use of the DSP
processor. I think this was supposed to have been developed at Carnegie
Mellon University. I would appreciate receiving any information about this
that anyone might have, either via the list or by direct email. Thanks.
Robert Hausam
College of Medicine
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 89 11:38:55 EST
From: John Neubert <U1DF1@WVNVM>
Subject: voice recognition software
In-Reply-To: Message of 03/07/89 at 14:44:19 from HAUSAM@UIUCVMD
I heard the same "rumor" when the NeXT was first announced.
CMU does have a history of voice (speech) recognition research
(under Dr. Raj Reddy and others). I have heard nothing about
the rumor for months. If you are aware of the promises of
voice recognition since the early 1970s (Scope Electronics,
Threshold Technology, Heuristics, Centigram, Dialog -- all of whom
are belly up now -- except Centigram, which now does voice mail
type applications) you must realize that the promise has still
not been realized -- sort of the way AI that would do just about
anything was predicted in the 1960s to be only 5 - 10 years
away by the small group of "clergy" then at MIT. Don't get me
wrong, I believe strongly that both will eventually happen;
it's just a lot more complicated than the researchers (most)
wish to admit.
I don't know about CMU's current research -- haven't been really
delving deeply into the field since 1981. However, I see you
are in the medical field. You may be aware of the semi-voice
recognition product that allows doctors to communicate prescriptions,
etc, by voice (assuming that a doctor's voice is clearer than his/her
writing ;-) ). Can't remember who developed the product. Read in
some journal that it's now in some hospitals.
If you seek products that perhaps help in such as speech pathology,
try a small company in Denton, TX, called Scott Instruments. They
have been used a number of places for such. Their founder, Brian
Scott, was a speech researcher at UT (I think) -- unlike many other
firms where the people are CS or EE types. Scott supposedly has
a connected speech technology product.
There is a magazine, called "Speech" I think, and a yearly conference
put on by the publishers of the journal.
Kurzweil promised a voice recognition typewriter last year or the
year before. It probably got them a lot of funding and PR, but as
far as I know nothing resulted. Soooo, believe it when you see
(or hear) it.
Good luck.
John Neubert u1df1@wvnvm (u1df1@wvnvm.wvnet.edu)
Coordinator, Planning & Analysis
WVNET (West Virginia Network for Educational Telecomputing)
Morgantown, WV
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Date: Sat, 18 Mar 89 10:18:09 EDT
From: Norbert Mueller <K360171@AEARN>
Subject: Re: Vol 1 Issue 46 -- NeXT-L Digest
In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 17 Mar 89 21:48:49 EST from <ATUL@BROWNVM>
Rumours say some NeXTs will be available in Europe in July.
For universities only and at a price 2.5 times the U.S. price and
unsupported.
Sorry that's all I know as it was discussed on a recent Macintosh user's
meeting - so far I do not know who's distributing it.
Norbert Mueller
Institute of Chemistry
Johannes Kepler University
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