Automatic Speech Translation at ATR
Tsuyoshi Morimoto, Akira Kurematsu · The MIT Press eBooks · 2003
Since Graham Bell first invented the telephone in 1876, it has become an indispensable means for communications. We can easily communicate with others domestically as well as internationally. However, another great barrier has not been overcome yet; communications between people speak- ing different languages. An interpreting telephone system, or a speech translation system, will solve this problem which has been annoying human-being from the beginning of their history. The first effort was made by