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Consider a computer system that you can talk to using ordinary speech (either directly or perhaps using your telephone), and that you can ask questions concerning such things as timetables for public transportation. For example, you might ask the system the departure time of a train from Brussels to Amsterdam, specifying that you wish to arrive in Amsterdam at 11. Before proceeding to answer your query such a system will probably ask you on which date you want to travel, and whether you mean ‘11 in the morning’ or ‘11 in the evening’. After such a clarification, it will then give you the desired information, e.g. that you could take the ‘7 : 49’ train from platform 2b at Brussels Central Station.
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Junqua, JC., van Noord, G. (2001). Introduction. In: Junqua, JC., van Noord, G. (eds) Robustness in Language and Speech Technology. Text, Speech and Language Technology, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9719-7_1
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