Q1.1: What is comp.speech?

Comp.speech is an unmoderated newsgroup for discussion of speech technology and speech science. It covers a wide range of issues from the application of speech technology, to research, to products and lots more. By its nature, speech technology is an inter-disciplinary field and the newsgroup reflects this. However, computer application is the basic theme of the group.

Note: If you don't know what a newsgroup is, then talk to your local system administration about how to get access. A useful newsgroups for beginners is news.announce.newusers. You might also find the following documents useful.

: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers/What_is_Usenet?
: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers/Answers_to_Frequently_Asked_Questions_about_Usenet
: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers/Rules_for_posting_to_Usenet
: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.announce.newusers/FAQs_about_FAQs

The following is a list of some of the topics covered by comp.speech.

Speech Recognition - discussion of methodologies, training, techniques, results and applications. This should cover the application of techniques including HMMs, neural-nets and so on to the field.
Speech Synthesis - discussion concerning theoretical and practical issues associated with the design of speech synthesis systems.
Speech Coding and Compression - both research and application matters.
Phonetic/Linguistic Issues - coverage of linguistic and phonetic issues which are relevant to speech technology applications. Could cover parsing, natural language processing, phonology and prosodic work.
Speech System Design - issues relating to the application of speech technology to real-world problems. Includes the design of user interfaces, the building of real-time systems and so on.
Other matters - relevant conferences, jobs, books, software, hardware, and products.

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