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Definitive VoiceXML

Adam Hocek, David Cuddihy

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Editorial Review:

Definitive VoiceXML was written to bridge the knowledge gap between the disparate worlds of telephony engineering and enterprise computing. Most VoiceXML books are written like any other programming book on a new technology-a few example programs and lots of command reference material -- and don't provide the depth of information needed for telephony applications. Enterprise information system developers traditionally know very little about the nuts-and-bolts problems of developing a voice application, while telephony application developers rarely understand enterprise information systems. To successfully develop voice applications, technology professionals will need to become proficient in both disciplines. With this book, readers will learn in detail about the VoiceXML language, how it can be used to develop enterprise-level voice applications, and how to integrate VoiceXML with other enterprise technologies. The audience will also learn about other related voice processing technologies and how to they are used with VoiceXML. This will be one of the first books to cover the completed vxml 2.0 specification, which is still in the final stages before its release.

Topic Detection and Tracking: Event-based Information Organization (The Kluwer International Series on Information Retrieval, Volume 12) (The Information Retrieval Series)

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Good book and very TECHNICAL too 4 out of 5 stars.
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I was introduced to James Allan when i start doing my little investigation for my research. I've just finished the first 4 chapters. Absolutely a good book for those who wants to know about TDT, event-based information organization and the techniques involved to detect an event from the news streams. The book will be really beneficial though for folks who's in IR too :) It's a compilation of technical papers and maybe the TDT webpage might help in order to get the rough idea on what is TDT. Indeed the technical part will be the algorithm, approach and technique.
Can't wait to read somemore.

Editorial Review:

Topic Detection and Tracking: Event-based Information Organization brings together in one place state-of-the-art research in Topic Detection and Tracking (TDT). This collection of technical papers from leading researchers in the field not only provides several chapters devoted to the research program and its evaluation paradigm, but also presents the most current research results and describes some of the remaining open challenges. Topic Detection and Tracking: Event-based Information Organization is an excellent reference for researchers and practitioners in a variety of fields related to TDT, including information retrieval, automatic speech recognition, machine learning, and information extraction

Multimedia Retrieval (Data-Centric Systems and Applications)

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Retrieval of multimedia data is different from retrieval of structured data. A key problem in multimedia databases is search, and the proposed solutions to the problem of multimedia information retrieval span a rather wide spectrum of topics outside the traditional database area, ranging from information retrieval and human–computer interaction to computer vision and pattern recognition.

Based on more than 10 years of teaching experience, Blanken and his coeditors have assembled all the topics that should be covered in advanced undergraduate or graduate courses on multimedia retrieval and multimedia databases. The single chapters of this textbook explain the general architecture of multimedia information retrieval systems; various metadata languages like Dublin Core, RDF, or MPEG; pattern recognition through Markov models, unsupervised learning, and pattern clustering; various indexing approaches to audio and video streams; interaction and control; the protection of content and user privacy; and search effectiveness and efficiency. The authors emphasize high-level features and show how these features are used in mathematical models to support the retrieval process. For each chapter, there’s detail on further reading, and additional exercises and teaching material is available online.

VoIP Service Quality : Measuring and Evaluating Packet-Switched Voice

William C. Hardy

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More touchy-feely than a bowl of peeled grapes 1 out of 5 stars.
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I bought this book because I was looking for an objective means to evaluate the quality of voice, and moreover, i was thinking that the topics in this book could be transplanted to a new application, e.g. how to evaluate the TCP transport quality in an underlying network, which is the subject of my new job.

As a reference, this book stinks. The author will not define the "voice envelope" where if you stay within the envelope users will have a hard time perceiving a loss in quality. For example, this book is touted as useful to VoIP Network Architects, but the book gives absolutely no guidance as to what is an acceptable (or unacceptable) level of delay in a VoIP phone system.

Instead, the author wastes 309 pages and about .01% of a perfectly good tree, to say, basically, "nobody can evaluate voice quality without running a side-by-side experiment between two systems." Its a wonder that someone can publish 309 pages of this drivil with one conclusion for his entire work. Oh, I forgot, the author fills up the book with 67 pages that are wasted in his bragging about all his patents, when he filed them, and what each and every last patent was about. If that isn't vanity publishing, I don't know what is.

Editorial Review:

VoIP is the next big advance in telecommunications, but it is exceptionally hard to implement. The very things that make our telephones so comfortable to use - instant connections, strong clear signals, and no downtime - are the things data networks sacrificed for speed and flexibility. As we begin to replace traditional phone service with voice over data networks, quality assurance has to be re-invented. Telecom managers didn't design VoIP, but they're the ones responsible for quality and they have to come up to speed fast on the measurements, tools, and utilities in the IP environment that can help to get the job done.

Voice Recognition with Software Applications, Student Text with CD-ROM

Lyn Clark

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Voice Recognition with Software Applications 1e by Clark is a text-workbook that features voice recognition specific instructional materials that emphasize transcription procedures and techniques. Dictation instructional materials and exercises are included, along with editing and proofreading practices using voice recognition. Exercises on language principles, vocabulary, formatting, and English skills are provided for students to review or update their competency levels. The package includes the Student Edition with CD-ROM and the Instructor Annotated Edition with CD-ROM.

SmartKom: Foundations of Multimodal Dialogue Systems (Cognitive Technologies)

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SmartKom is a multimodal dialog system that combines speech, gesture, and facial expressions for input and output. Understanding of spontaneous speech is combined with video-based recognition of natural gestures. SmartKom features the situated understanding of possibly imprecise, ambiguous, or incomplete multimodal input and the generation of coordinated, cohesive, and coherent multimodal presentations. SmartKom represents, reasons about, and exploits models of the user, the domain, the task, the context, and the media itself. One of the major scientific goals of SmartKom is to explore and design new computational methods for the seamless integration and mutual disambiguation of multimodal input and output on semantic and pragmatic levels.

Voice Recognition (Artech House Telecommunications Library)

Richard L. Klevans, Robert D. Rodman

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Voice Recognition theory and application 4 out of 5 stars.
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Klevans and Rodman did an excellent job at presenting the theory and application of voice recognition. The book goes into just the right amount of detail that a subject of this nature requires. Also, various models and techniques for dealing with speech recognition were explored, with the pros and cons of each carefully stated. It was certainly a pleasure to have read this book, and the new ideas/techniques that were presented, have influenced me to further my research in speech recognition.

Editorial Review:

Here's a scientific look at computer-generated speech verification and identification -- its underlying technology, practical applications, and future direction. This book provides a solid background in voice recognition technology and enables informed decision-making on how to select the most appropriate voice recognition-based software for a particular company or organization. It provides clear explanations of mathematical concepts, as well as a full-chapter presentation of the successful new Multi-Granular Segregating System for accurate, context-free speech identification.

Page after page of actual case studies and experimental results supported by clear, easy-to-follow charts and graphs explain the technology behind voice recognition systems, describe the advantages and disadvantages of the available systems, and show the benefits and limitations of forensic voice recognition technology.

Designing Interactive Speech Systems: From First Ideas to User Testing

Niels O. Bernsen, Hans Dybkjaer, Laila Dybkjaer

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translating the world wide web interface into speech 5 out of 5 stars.
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provide provision of summary information will increase orientation, navigation and general usability of the world wide web for visually impared user

Editorial Review:

Designing Interactive Speech Systems describes the design and implementation of spoken language dialogue within the context of SLDS (spoken language dialogue systems) development. Using an applications-oriented SLDS developed through the Danish Dialogue project, the authors describe the complete process involved in designing such a system; and in doing so present several innovative practical tools, such as dialogue design guideline s, in-depth evaluation methodologies, and speech functionality analysis. The approach taken is firmly applications-oriented, describing the results of research applicable to industry and showing how the development of advanced applications drives research rather than the other way around. All those working on the research and development of spoken language services, especially in the area of telecommunications, will benefit from reading this book.

Converged Network Architectures: Delivering Voice and Data Over IP, ATM, and Frame Relay

Oliver C. Ibe

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Good, broad coverage 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a great book that goes beyond VoIP. It covers all major network architectures, and the latest enabling protocols like SIP, H.323, MPLS, and H.248. I found the discussions of Voice packet processing and Access schemes particularly helpful.

The best written book on the Voice over IP... 100% CLEAR. 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you read Ibe's ATM book and like it get ready because you are going to LOVE this book even more. Dr.IBE knows his staff.

If you are a technical person this book will became your bible. If you are not a technical person this book will make you feel as if you were technical but most important will help you understand the subject in not time. (SALES, Managers, QA... Guys take note).

I do not know how he does it but a difficult subjects become clear after he explains them. I been following his writing and I must say that there is no one in my opinion who can explain complicated subjects the way he does. Check his ATM book and you will understand what I mean.

WELL DONE IBE...

Editorial Review:

Get the big picture on converged network architectures and emerging protocols!
Converged networks integrate voice, video, and data traffic on a single network. This book covers converged network architectures as well as the latest enabling protocols including SIP, H.323, MPLS, and H.248. Readers will gain a better understanding of network architectures and protocols such as SONET, frame relay, ATM and IP. The book offers the latest information on voice communication networks, data networks, voice packet processing, coding for broadband systems, and voice- over packet networks. Readers will also discover how converged networks can provide the highest level of service for the least cost.

How to Build a Speech Recognition Application

Bruce Balentine, David P. Morgan

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Essential reading for dialogue designers 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is simply the best for your bookcase if you are a voice dialogue designer. I would strongly recommend it to novice and expert alike, especially for those learning VoiceXML for the first time, or working with it day to day.

Grounded in hours of human-computer experiments, and a multi-disciplinary approach to user interface design - this book is a rare combination of a careful ear for human language and dialogue, extensive engineering experience, and pragmatic knowledge of the strengths and limitations of current voice recognition technology.

The second edition has brought it bang up-to-date. It cuts through the hype that has always surrounded each successive generation of voice technology - focussing always on the building of robust useable interfaces which work with the user rather than against them.

Editorial Review:

This book is a style guide for telephony dialogues. We consider it to be the most thorough, practical, step-by-step guide ever written about speech recognition, by experts who have been designing and developing successful applications for years. Contents include how to: craft effective prompts, predict and manage social user behaviors, reduce the application to a set of repeatable speech behaviors, keep a consistent "look and feel" to the interface, approach the problem of application "personality", prevent and recover from errors, and much more. This book is for designers,developers, project managers, marketing managers, information systems managers, call center managers and anyone else involved with the implementation and management of "self service" information delivery systems.