VoicePortal: The Voice Web

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VoicePortal The Voice Web

• By Manish Chowdhary
• Igor Bolgachenko
• Bingchen Li
• Min Fang

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Introduction

• More than 1.3 billion telephones
• Less than 150 million computers
• Still less computers connected to the Internet
• Combination of Telephones and Computers will
  create a Network of Networks

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Advantages

• True 24/7 access
• Easy and ubiquitous access
• Computer-less internet access

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Disadvantages

• Not suitable for graphical illustration
• Security issues
• Underdeveloped telecommunication processing
  power
  

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Technology Background

• Capture and Digitization
• Spectral Representation
• Segmentation
• Phonetic Modeling
• Search and Match
• Speaker Independent
• Dynamic Vocabularies

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System Architecture
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Potential Applications

• V-commerce
• Easy access to services like news, weather,
  sports and driving directions.
  
• Communication platform

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System Requirements

• Powerful Server(s) with DSP hardware
• Software for Routing System and Server Commands
  (to be installed on the server)
  
• Software for Remote Hosts
• Dedicated phone lines and registered 800 number
• Reliable, fast and dedicated internet connection

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Sources of Income

• The service fees from the registered hosts
  (registration, maintenance, upgrades, tech
  support, value added services)
  
• Advertisement Fees
• Online Shopping

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Conclusion

• Nuance Voyager.
• Motorolas Meet Mya
• Speechworks.
• have already begun the voice web revolution.
• VoicePortal
• You now have more than one way to access the
  web.