Voice Processing

This important new book explains all aspects of voice processing, including the technical foundations, design concepts, system features, and capabilities critical to a wide range of applications. It describes state-of-the-art speech and telephone hardware and software, provides essential recording and editing details, gives thorough explanations of important voice-processing fundamentals, and explores time- and work-saving methods for system developers. Features of the book include:. Comprehensive descriptions of add-in boards, applications generators, drivers, programming libraries, user interfaces, script design, recording sessions, vocabulary prototyping, speech production, implementation issues, and more. Detailed coverage of speech technology, applications, and generic systems to provide the information necessary for selecting and purchasing off-the-shelf devices, systems, or applications, including voice mail, inter-active voice-response, speech recognition, text-to-speech, and other voice-processing technologies. Thorough introduction to voice-processing concepts and applications designed to provide both a broad overview and an in-depth understanding of the field. A volume in the McGraw-Hill Series on Computer Communications.

This complete guide to voice processing provides broad enough coverage to give any novice an understanding of the important concepts and tools, a level of detail sufficient to interest those established in the field, and product-specific advice to help purchasers and developers more expertly accomplish their tasks.