title: The future of voice-processing technology in the world of computers and communications.
abstract: This talk, which was the keynote address of the NAS Colloquium on Human-Machine Communication by Voice, discusses the past, present, and future of human-machine communications, especially speech recognition and speech synthesis. Progress in these technologies is reviewed in the context of the general progress in computer and communications technologies.
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D003142:Communication; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities / Q000639:trends; D003201:Computers / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014831:Voice