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World Wide Web Consortium Publishes Speech Recognition Grammar Specification
Open Invitation to Test Critical Component of W3C Speech Interface Framework http://www.w3.org/ -- 26 June 2002 -- The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has issued the Speech Recognition Grammar Specification as a W3C Candidate Recommendation. Speech grammars allow voice-based application authors to create rules describing what users are expected to... view more... (2002-06-26)
Langtech 2002: Mature Speech And Language Technology Sector To Make Advances Toward `Natural` Human Interfaces
Many speech and language technologies, particularly voice and multilinguality based, have reached a level of European market maturity according to industry experts attending the Langtech 2002 forum held in Berlin on September 26 & 27, 2002. The conference, which featured over 330 industry participants from 30 nations, also revealed that a... view more... (2002-10-09)
Perceptions of Similar Language May Prevent Understanding of Sexual Harassment Policies, MU Researchers Find
Although the Society for Human Resource Management reports that 97 percent of U.S. companies have a written sexual harassment policy, a recent University of Missouri study indicates that those policies might not be effective in preventing workplace harassment. view more (2009-03-20)
EU-funded project to grow first artificial society
A EUR1.55 million project funded by the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme to grow the first society based on artificial, computer-based beings, much like characters in popular computer games such as SIMS, was officially launched on Wednesday during the AISB2005 convention at the University of Hertfordshire. view more (2005-04-14)
PATIENT DATABASE SYSTEM WILL HELP STUDENTS ACQUIRE CLINICAL SKILLS
Due for launch in the autumn of 1999, PATSy has been developed by Dr Carmel Lum of Queen Margaret's department of Speech and Language and Dr Richard Cox of the University of Edinburgh's Division of Informatics. The interactive, multimedia system allows students to study medical case histories and become familiar with various speech disorders... view more... (1999-06-22)
Study confirms males/females use different parts of brain in language & visuospatial tasks
Differences in the way men and women perform verbal and visuospatial tasks have been well documented in scientific literature, but findings have been inconsistent as to whether men and women actually use different parts of their brains. view more (2006-07-19)
How do secure mother-child attachments predict good friendships?
Preschool children who are securely attached to their mothers form closer friendships in the early grade-school years for a number of reasons, according to a new University of Illinois study published in Child Development. view more (2009-02-18)
Surprising language abilities in children with autism
What began as an informal presentation by a clinical linguist to a group of philosophers, has led to some surprising discoveries about the communicative language abilities of people with autism. view more (2008-04-28)
US needs integrated approach to improve foreign language skills and cultural expertise
he 14 U.S. Department of Education programs designed to strengthen education in foreign languages and in international and area studies — known collectively as Title VI and Fulbright-Hays — have made some progress but lack the resources necessary to keep pace with their mission, says a new report from the National Research Council. view more (2007-03-28)
Training primary teachers to give Spanish lessons
Primary school children in around ten Bristol schools will get a 'flying start' in learning Spanish thanks to an initiative by the University of the West of England. This novel idea recognises that Spanish is actually one of the most widely spoken European languages, with up to one-quarter of the world's population speaking it as their mother... view more... (2002-10-25)
Researchers discover genetic cause for word-finding disease
Northwestern University researchers have discovered a genetic cause of a mysterious neurological disease in which people have trouble recalling and using words. view more (2007-01-17)
World Wide Web Consortium Issues Exclusive Canonical XML as a W3C Recommendation
New XML specification furthers portable digital signatures Also available in French. http://www.w3.org/ -- 18 July 2001 -- The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) today announced the release of Exclusive XML Canonicalization as a W3C Recommendation. This specification augments the previous Canonical XML Recommendation to better enable a portion of an... view more... (2002-07-18)
Brain Section Multitasks, Handling Phonetics and Decision-Making
A front portion of the brain that handles tasks like decision-making also helps decipher different phonetic sounds, according to new Brown University research. view more (2009-07-01)
New XML Edition Of Text Encoding Guidelines Published
The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Consortium (www.tei-c.org) announces publication of a new, updated version of their Guidelines for Electronic Text Encoding and Interchange, known as P4. The Consortium, now in its second year, is an International non-profit corporation set up to maintain and develop the TEI system, which has become the de facto... view more... (2002-06-13)
Running Words Together: The science behind cross-linguistic psychology
While communication may be recognized as a universal phenomenon, differences between languages -- ranging from word-order to semantics -- undoubtedly remain as they help to define culture and develop language. Yet, little is understood about similarities and differences in languages around the world and how they affect communication. view more (2008-03-26)
Why can't chimps speak?
If humans are genetically related to chimps, why did our brains develop the innate ability for language and speech while theirs did not? view more (2009-11-12)
With cochlear implants, earlier use leads to better speech
"Bye-bye, bye-bye," said one 3 and a half-year old child, born deaf but with a cochlear implant that partially restored hearing nine months earlier. That's the most complex speech the child uttered during a testing session that involved play with a toy train set. view more (2006-06-30)
Human language and dolphin movement patterns show similarities in brevity
Two researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) and the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom have shown for the first time that the law of brevity in human language, according to which the most frequently-used words tend to be the shortest, also extends to other animal species. view more (2009-07-31)
Overcoming language barriers on the Internet
English dominates the Web. More than 80 per cent of the estimated 14 million Web sites are in English. But only 43 per cent of the over 400 million Internet users worldwide have English as their mother tongue. The number of non-English Internet users is expected to rise to 65 per cent in 2003. "The monopoly of the English language in the Internet... view more... (2002-02-04)
Keeping up with the chavs at Christmas
Using the latest catch-phrase or - even more importantly - knowing when to stop using it, can help you to be accepted as one of the in-crowd. Getting it wrong will dismiss you as a sad case. view more (2004-12-07)
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