Multi-Purpose Speech Recognition and Speech Synthesis System: with a special hand-gesture-controlled cursor - Softcover

Mohsen, Hussein; Jahed, Karim; Fawaz, Marwan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3848426366 ISBN 13: 9783848426362

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

A multi-purpose speech recognition and speech synthesis system which includes applications that employ Speech Recognition (speech-to-text) and Speech Synthesis (text-to-speech) technologies. The input of the system is a speech signal, and it can also be typed text or graphical triggers. The output can be a signal signal or a text, along with graphical user interface forms. The applications are dictionary, calculator, search engine, movie guide, movie search, news reader, address book, image gallery and a weather forecaster. This book includes explanations of Speech Recognition, Speech Synthesis, and the functionality of the system and its applications. It also contains an explanation of how a special hand-gesture-controlled cursor and its hardware were developed. The system was developed to be a graduation project of Hussein Mohsen, Karim Jahed, and Marwan Fawaz at the Lebanese American University (LAU), Beirut, Lebanon, for Spring 2011 semester. The project was supervised by Dr. Nashat Mansour, Professor of Computer Science and Assistant Dean of School of Arts and Sciences at LAU-Beirut.

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About the Author

Hussein Mohsen is a Junior Software Developer at Computers and Communication Technology International, Beirut, Lebanon. Each of Hussein, Karim and Marwan holds a BS in Computer Science from the Lebanese American University (LAU), and they are today graduate students and research and teaching assistants at LAU-Beirut.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848426366
• ISBN 13: 9783848426362
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80