{"product_id":"speech-technology-by-michael-hammond-9781009606691","title":"Speech Technology","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, speech recognition devices have become central to our everyday lives. Systems such as Siri, Alexa, speech-to-text, and automated telephone services are built by people applying expertise in sound structure and natural language processing to generate computer programmes that can recognise and understand speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis exciting new advancement has led to a rapid growth in speech technology courses being added to linguistics programmes; however, there has so far been a lack of material serving the needs of students who have limited or no background in computer science or mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpeech Technology\u003c\/em\u003e addresses that need by providing an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of computer speech synthesis and automatic speech recognition technology, covering both neural and non-neural approaches. It explains the basic concepts in non-technical language, providing step-by-step explanations of each formula, practical activities, and ready-made code for students to use, which is also available on an accompanying website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934222237932,"sku":"9781009606691","price":414.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781009606691-speech-technology.jpg?v=1783907289","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/speech-technology-by-michael-hammond-9781009606691","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}