# Conversational Computer Systems

In speech recognition, different sequences of words could match an utterance; each sequence implies different word boundaries in the input utterance. See chapter 7 in the course text for more details on this example. (Image by Christopher Schmandt.)

### Instructor(s)

Mr. Christopher Schmandt

### MIT Course Number

MAS.632

### As Taught In

Fall 2008

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Online textbooks
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)
- Assignments: written (no examples)

## Course Description

This class explores interaction with mobile computing systems and telephones by voice, including speech synthesis, recognition, digital recording, and browsing recorded speech. Emphasis on human interface design issues and interaction techniques appropriate for cognitive requirements of speech. Topics include human speech production and perception, speech recognition and text-to-speech algorithms, telephone networks, and spatial and time-compressed listening. Extensive reading from current research literature.

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## Course Collections

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- Computer Science > Human-Computer Interfaces
- Electrical Engineering > Telecommunications
- Cognitive Science

Christopher Schmandt. MAS.632 Conversational Computer Systems. Fall 2008. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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