IBM Strives For 'Superhuman' Speech Tech 289
robyn217 writes "IBM unveiled new speech recognition technology today that can comprehend the nuances of spoken English, translate it on the fly, and even create on-the-fly subtitles for foreign-language television programs. One of the projects perpetually monitors Arabic television stations, dynamically transcribing and translating any words spoken into English subtitles. Videos can then be viewed via a web browser, with all transcriptions indexed and searchable."
first? (Score:5, Funny)
Nuances (Score:4, Funny)
Subtitle: "All your base are belongs to us"
NSA Babelfish (Score:2, Funny)
(I'm sure that this eBabelfish is already installed - not in my ear - but on the telecommunication centers...)
Re:Which ... (Score:3, Funny)
If they REALLY want to test it properly... (Score:5, Funny)
have closed.
"Ye loooiii ahhh me jimmeh??! *belch* C'mere ya wee electrahnich bastid, I'll
shoo ye!"
It isn't worth it (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Foreign languages are complex... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Coherency? (Score:3, Funny)
Oh oh oh. (Score:3, Funny)
So I'm sitting here thinking of how funny it was to the juvenile me back then, and how unfunny it seems right now. Oh well.
Re:American or English? (Score:3, Funny)
I cannot understand a word you're saying. What's with that accent?
Re:Foreign languages are complex... (Score:5, Funny)
Rocco: Fucking... What the fuck. Who the fuck fucked this fucking... How did you two fucking fucks...
[shouts]
Rocco: fuck!
Connor: Well, that certainly illustrates the diversity of the word.
Think that just about covers it...
Re:Just what we need... (Score:2, Funny)
Pah. English-speaking people never misinterpret Arabic media. al-Jazeera is a terrorist front organisation and ought to be bombed, and that's all there is to it!
Live experiment with Dragon 8 (Score:4, Funny)
I can wreck a nice beach. I can recognize speech.
Well, Dragon Systems eight passed the beach test first try. Knowing the program, however, I did use pretty clear diction.
I use Dragon Systems and find it absolutely great. There are a few persistent errors. For example, It frequently fails to get "there" and " there" right on the first try. But the fly down menu system enables me to quickly correct the problem on the run. Certainly I pick it up on an edit. If IBM has something better than this -- and it sounds like they do -- then it must be pretty darn good. Of course, you have to insert the punctuation verbally. But that comes with a little practice -- provided that you know what to do in the first place.
It does take a little bit of investment in time. But not nearly as much as learning to type at seventy words a minute, which I can now do in dictation. I have added very little by way of customized commands etc. The program has done a lot of learning on its own.
Let's try once again: I can't recognize beach. I can recognize speech. Oops. Okay, it failed that time. Let's try one more time: I can wreck a nice beach. I can recognize speech. Well, the phrases have to be enunciated pretty clearly or the program has trouble.
Which which blew the blue candle. Failed on the second "which" the b*tch.
Okay, okay. I'll put the laundry in the dryer. No I am not just screwing around on Slashdot again I'm getting some work done down here. Just a minute. Just a MINUTE.
One trouble. You do have to put the mike to sleep during family discussions.