Where can I find HLT?

Human Language Technology tends to fall into one of two spheres: technologies at the interface between language users and systems, and technologies that allow for processing and analyzing language for other uses.

Interface technologies include: The use of speech as an interface for humans and machines focuses on the user, and thus these technologies have a strong 'enabling' function. The purpose is to allow for efficient communication and interaction for achieving tasks in a variety of areas
  • Speech recognition
  • Speech synthesis
  • Speaker identification
  • Voice recognition

 

Processing technologies include: These technologies generate language and handle information in the form of text to make it more accessible to the user. One example of language processing technology is automation in the production of large bodies of information (for example, corporate publications), and the subsequent retrieval and management of this information.
  • Information extraction
  • Automatic generation
  • Text mining
  • Machine translation

Across both these spheres, HLT provides the means for achieving multilingualism. With over 40 languages being used extensively across Europe alone, automated language translation and automated multilingual production is the most effective way forward for global communication.

And a new report by the market research house IDC estimates that current demand for the globalization and localization services market, fuelled by the widespread adoption of the Internet and ebusiness, is at $3.8 billion. It forecasts a healthy growth rate with spending at $10.3 billion by 2005.

 

 

  
 


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