Speech recognition systems may be key to multilingual access</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Speech recognition systems may be key to multilingual access"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Speech,recognition,systems,may,be,key,to,multilingual,access"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">10-02-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Speech recognition systems may be key to multilingual access</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">California, USA (Newswise): Speech recognition, especially in combination with text-to-speech and visual user interfaces, may be key in increasing access to technology to those with limited or no literacy. <br>One of the many challenges these researchers face is how to develop speech recognition that can support different dialects or accents. In a country like India, where dozens of languages are spoken, many users of technology will be using a language to interact with that technology that may not be their primary language. An ideal speech recognition system would support the small but significant variations in pronunciation due to these factors <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/509725 " target="blank">www.newswise.com/articles/view/509725 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show