USC/Navy
Research
Biomedical
engineers at the University of Southern California have created the
world's first machine system that can recognize spoken words better than
humans can. In benchmark testing, USC's speech recognition system bested
all existing computer systems and outperformed the keenest human ears.
The system may eventually advance voice control of computers and other
machines, help the deaf, aid air traffic controllers and others who must
understand speech in noisy environments, and instantly produce clean
transcripts of conversations, with each speaker correctly identified.
"We'll definitely see an improvement in the interaction between man
and computer," said ONR Program Officer Joel Davis, who helps fund
the research. "With speech recognition capability, computer
keyboards could become obsolete."
The
U.S. Navy is supporting the research for its potential benefits to Navy
sonar. A demonstration of the Berger-Liaw Neural Network
Speaker-Independent Speech Recognition System can be found on line at:
http://www.usc.edu/ext-relations/news_service/real/real_video.html.
Contact:
Loretta De Sio
desiol@onr.navy.mil
703-696-5032
Office
of Naval Research
