We postulate in this paper that highly structured speech production models will have much to contribute to the ultimate success of speech recognition in view of the weaknesses of the theoretical foundation underpinning current technology. These weaknesses are analyzed in terms of phonological modeling and of phonetic-interface modeling. We present two probabilistic speech recognition models wit...

Das aktuelle mehrsprachige Korpus-und Lexikonprojekt der EU (PAROLE) sollte eigentlich die Fortsetzung sein; daß die Fortwirkungen dieser Projekte sich be-sonders im deutschen Teilprojekt (PAROLE-D) in Grenzen halten, mag zunächst

cet article essaie d’aborder « le langage et ses mécanismes » dans l’une des fameuses comédies de beaumarchais, le mariage de figaro qui est considéré révolutionnaire, avant tout par l’un des éléments de la parole, le célèbre monologue de figaro qui joue un rôle primordial dans le déroulement de l’aspect tragique de la pièce où le comique verbal se fait généralement à travers les jeux de mots, ...

L’inversion acoustico-articulatoire consiste à déterminer la forme du conduit bucal à partir d’un enregistrement audio de parole. Il s’agit plus précisément de reconstruire la trajectoire de divers points situés sur la langue, les lèvres et la machoire (et éventuellement le palais) à partir du signal acoustique. Intéressante en tant que telle pour l’étude des processus de production de la parol...

Linguistic field research depends on collecting phrases and sentences as well as their geographical and social characteristics. The traditional method of field research –researchers asking questions and filling forms– is time-consuming, costly, and not free of biases. This article presents metropolitalia, a Web-based crowdsourcing platform for linguistic field research aiming at overcoming some...

As described by the authors, a recovery-oriented system of care for drug-abusing criminal offenders is one that provides for continuity of treatment, using evidence-based interventions at every stage as clients progress through the justice system. Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities of Illinois has partnered with criminal justice and treatment programs to establish a basic recovery-orie...

In the past two decades both the homeless and the prison populations have grown substantially. These two phenomena may be interrelated insofar as the difficulties in reintegrating into the community may increase the risk of homelessness for released prisoners, and homelessness may in turn increase the risk for subsequent reincarceration. This study examines the incidence of shelter use and rein...

Sexual victimization of children and adults is a significant treatment and public policy problem in the United States. To address increasing concerns regarding sex offender recidivism, nine states have passed legislation since 1996 authorizing the use of either chemical or physical castration. In most statutes, a repeat offender's eligibility for probation or parole is linked to acceptance of m...