Speech And Language Processing

Knowledge about linguistic units larger than a single sentence, such as conversations or paragraphs. Primary Technical Tasks

This was the revolution of the . For language, we saw the rise of probabilistic models (N-grams). For speech, HMMs could model the temporal variation of audio. Suddenly, speech recognition became usable, though not perfect. IBM’s ViaVoice and early Dragon Dictate come from this era. Speech and Language Processing

Let us demystify the "magic" of asking Alexa "What is the capital of Burkina Faso?" using the lens of . Knowledge about linguistic units larger than a single