Strengthening the Dutch Human Language Technology Infrastructure
Catia Cucchiarini, Walter M. P. Daelemans, Helmer Strik · 2001
The growing importance of information and communication technology (ICT) in our society has emphasized the need for Human Language Technologies (HLT), since these make it possible for people to use natural language in their communication with computers. Preferably, this language should be the user's mother tongue, since this is the only way to guarantee that all citizens can fully participate in the information society. In order to develop