Summary of session 2:
P. J. Price · 1989
This session included descriptions of Spoken Language Systems under development at BBN Systems and Technologies, Carnegie Mellon University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Unisys. The topics covered a variety of issues including semantic interpretation (BBN), modeling "noise words" for spontaneous (vs. read) speech (CMU), dialogue management (Unisys) and systems issues (MIT and Unisys).