To the listserv,
I welcome David's perspective and will let it speak for itself. There is
one
item he states in the first paragraph that I would like to clarify. He says
that an "article" was removed from the spk2wrt website. He is referring to
the "Update on continuous speech" which is not actually removed altogether,
but is itself being updated. It was overlooked in our most recent review of
the website in Nov., 1999, and will be posted again within a few weeks. It
will recognize the advances and new possibilities of the most recent
continuous speech products, but will continue to caution about the
developmental and speech processing issues in continuous speech technology.
As you can see, David takes issue with even this modified position, as do
several others who are active in implementation of speech recognition for
school-age children. I welcome this discussion of the relative merits of
discrete vs. continuous, and I hope that anyone with experience in both
technologies will weigh in on this discussion. I hope we can all learn from
the discussion.
Bob Follansbee
Co-Director, Speaking to Write Project
In a message dated 3/16/00 4:34:18 PM Eastern Standard Time,
spk2wrt@phoenix.edc.org writes:
> Last month I was forwarded an article comparing continuous speech
> recognition with discrete speech. In the statement Dr. Bob Follansbee
> suggests that discrete speech recognition is often better than
> continuous speech as an assistive technology method for people with
> learning disabilities. I continue to hear this opinion from a variety
> of respected sources, and strongly disagree with this argument. The
> article was recently removed from the spk2wrt website following a series
> of communications between myself and Bob. I have written a complete
> rebuttal to this article, but it is too long for placement on this
> forum. I believe it is important to discuss the reasons why continuous
> speech recognition is better at all levels than discrete speech.
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