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X-Last-Updatished π research papers. The components are:π 1. A preprocessor which implements many standard and many non-π standard front end processing techniques.π 2. A recurrent net recogniser and parameter filesπ 3. Two Markov model based recognisers, one for phone recognition π and one for word recognitionπ 4. A dynamic programming scoring packageπ The complete system performs competatively.πCost: FreeπRequirements: TIMIT and Resource Management databasesπContact: ajr@eng.cam.ac.uk (Tony Robinson)πAvailability: by FTP from "svr-ftp.eng.cam.ac.uk" as /misc/recnet-1.0.tarπππPackage Name: Voice Command Line InterfaceπPlatform: AmigaπDescription: VCLI will execute CLI commands, ARexx commands, or ARexx π scripts by voice command through your audio digitizer. VCLI allows π you to launch multiple applications or control any program with an π ARexx capability entirely by spoken voice command. VCLI is fully π multitasking and will run in the background, continuously listeningπ for your voice commands even while other programs are running.π Documentation is provided in AmigaGuide format.π VCLI 6.0 runs under either Amiga DOS 2.0 or 3.0.πCost: Free?πRequirements: Supports the DSS8, PerfectSound 3, Sound Master, Sound Magic, π and Generic audio digitizers.πAvailability: by ftp from wuarchive.wustl.edu in the fileπ systems/amiga/incoming/audio/VCLI60.lha and fromπ amiga.physik.unizh.ch as the file pub/aminet/util/misc/VCLI60.lhaπContact: Author's email is RHorne@cup.portal.comπππPackage Name: xxxπPlatform: PC, Mac, UNIX, Amiga ....πDescription: (e.g. isolated word, speaker independent...)πRough Cost: (if applicable)πRequirements: (hardware/software needs - if applicable)πMisc:πContact: (email, ftp or address)πππCan anyone provide info onππ Voice Navigator (from Articulate Systems)π IN3 Voice CommandπππCan you provide information on any other software/hardware/packages?πCommercial, public domain and research packages are all appropriate.ππ[There should be enough info for someone to start a separate posting.]πππ=======================================================================ππPART 6 - Natural Language ProcessingππThere is now a newsgroup specifically for Natural Language Processing.πIt is called comp.ai.nat-lang. ππThere is also a lot of useful information on Natural Language Processing πin the FAQ for comp.ai. That FAQ lists available software and useful πreferences. It includes a substantial list of software, documentation πand other info available by ftp.ππ------------------------------------------------------------------------ππQ6.1: What are some good references/books on NLP?πππTake a look at the FAQ for the "comp.ai" newsgroup as it also includes some πuseful references.πππ James Allen: Natural Language Understanding. (Benjamin/Cummings Series inπ Computer Science) Menlo Park: Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, 1987.ππ This book consists of four parts: syntactic processing, semanticπ interpretation, context and world knowledge, and response generation.ππ G. Gazdar and C. Mellish, Natural Language Processing in {Prolog/Lisp/Pop11},π Addison Wesley, 1989ππ Emphasis on parsing, especially unification-based parsing, lots of π details on the lexicon, feature propagation, etc. Fair coverage of π semantic interpretation, inference in natural language processing, π and pragmatics; much less extensive than in Allen's book, but moreπ formal. There are three versions, one for each programming language π listed above, with complete code.ππ Shapiro, Stuart C.: Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence Vol.1 and 2.π New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990.ππ There are articles on the different areas of natural languageπ processing which also give additional references.ππ Paris, Ce'cile L.; Swartout, William R.; Mann, William C.: Natural Languageπ Generation in Artificial Intelligence and Computational Linguistics. Boston:π Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.ππ The book describes the most current research developments in natural π language generation and all aspects of the generation process areπ discussed. The book is comprised of three sections: one on textπ planning, one on lexical choice, and one on grammar.ππ Readings in Natural Language Processing, ed by B. Grosz, K. Sparck Jonesπ and B. Webber, Morgan Kaufmann, 1986ππ A collection of classic papers on Natural Language Processing. π Fairly complete at the time the book came out (1986) but now π seriously out of date. Still useful for ATN's, etc.ππ Klaus K. Obermeier, Natural Language Processing Technologiesπ in Artificial Intelligence: The Science and Industry Perspective,π Ellis Horwood Ltd, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England, 1989.πππThe major journals of the field are "Computational Linguistics" and π"Cognitive Science" for the artificial intelligence aspects, "Cognition" πfor the psychological aspects, "Language", "Linguistics and Philosophy" and π"Linguistic Inquiry" for the linguistic aspects. "Artificial Intelligence" πoccasionally has papers on natural language processing.πππThe major conferences are ACL (held every year) and COLING (held every twoπyears). Most AI conferences have a NLP track; AAAI, ECAI, IJCAI and theπCognitive Science Society conferences usually are the most interesting for πNLP. CUNY is an important psycholinguistic conference. There are lots of πlinguistic conferences: the most important seem to be NELS, the conference πof the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS), WCCFL, LSA, the Amsterdam Colloquium,πand SALT. πππ------------------------------------------------------------------------ππQ6.2: What NLP software is available?ππThe FAQ for the "comp.ai" newsgroup lists a variety of language processing πsoftware that is available. That FAQ is posted monthly.ππNatural Language Software RegistryππThe Natural Language Software Registry is available from the German Research πInstitute for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Saarbrucken.ππThe current version details π + speech signal processors, e.g. Computerized Speech Lab (Kay Electronics)π + morphological analyzers, e.g. PC-KIMMO (Summer Institute for Linguistics)π + parsers, e.g. Alveytools (University of Edinburgh)π + knowledge representation systems, e.g. Rhet (University of Rochester)π + multicomponent systems, such as ELU (ISSCO), PENMAN (ISI), Pundit (UNISYS),π SNePS (SUNY Buffalo),π + applications programs (misc.)ππThis document is available on-line via anonymous ftp to π Site: ftp.dfki.uni-sb.de π Directory: /registry πor by email to registry@dfki.uni-sb.de.ππIf you have developed a piece of software for natural language processing πthat other researchers might find useful, you can include it by returning πa description form, available from the same source.ππContacts: Christoph Jung, Markus Vonerden π Natural Language Software Registryπ Deutsches Forschungsinstitut fuer Kuenstliche Intelligenz (DFKI)π Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3π D-W-6600 Saarbrueckenπ Germanyππ phone: +49 (681) 303-5282π e-mail: registry@dfki.uni-sb.deπππ π πAndrew HuntπSpeech Technology Research Group Ph: 61-2-692 4509πDept. of Electrical Engineering Fax: 61-2-692 3847πUniversity of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia email: andrewh@ee.su.oz.auπ