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This paper describes the underlying aspects of networked voice portal applications with a focus on a natural language voice user interface. The paper provides a detailed description of a representative commercially deployed personal voice portal solution and reviews results from speech recognition testing of one specific voice portal application—voice-activated dialing. It offers several suggestions on network-based voice portal design in general, and specifically, voice-activated dialing (VAD) applications.
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Goldman, E.L., Panttaja, E., Wojcikowski, A. et al. Voice Portals—Where Theory Meets Practice. International Journal of Speech Technology 4, 227–240 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011356507824
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