Speech Processing: How to Wreck Nice Peach by Professor Richard Harvey

Calendar
When:
November 27, 2018 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
2018-11-27T18:00:00+00:00
2018-11-27T19:00:00+00:00
Where:
Museum of London
150 London Wall
London EC2Y 5HN
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Gresham College
Email
Event website
Academic Education Engineering Language Media Popular Culture Science Society Technology
AI alexa artificial intelligence computers cortana digital assistant free lecture free public lecture Free Talk Gresham College Gresham lecture information technology IT machine learning Public Lecture siri speech processing Technology

Alexa, Siri and Cortana are among a number of voice-enabled digital assistants that can not only speak to us but understand us. Sci-fi films had talking computers many years ago.

Why has it taken so long to crack the speech processing puzzle? Why do we find speech processing so effortless and machines find it so daunting? And what progress can we expect in the next few years?

No reservations are required for this lecture. It will be run on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.
Doors will open 30 minutes before the start of the lecture