Mark Huckvale - Web Essays


Why are machines less proficient than humans at recognising words?

In this short essay I discuss some ideas about why the ability of a machine to recognise speech at the phonetic level is so inferior to the ability of a human. I catalogue some possible causes, then give my own opinion about which are most important. [May 2003]

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