The CMU TransTac 2007 eyes-free two-way speech-to-speech translation system

Nguyen Bach, Matthais Eck, Paisarn Charoenpornsawat, Thilo Köhler, Sebastian Stüker, ThuyLinh Nguyen, Roger Hsiao, Alex Waibel, Stephan Vogel, Tanja Schultz, Alan W. Black


Abstract
The paper describes our portable two-way speech-to-speech translation system using a completely eyes-free/hands-free user interface. This system translates between the language pair English and Iraqi Arabic as well as between English and Farsi, and was built within the framework of the DARPA TransTac program. The Farsi language support was developed within a 90-day period, testing our ability to rapidly support new languages. The paper gives an overview of the system’s components along with the individual component objective measures and a discussion of issues relevant for the overall usage of the system. We found that usability, flexibility, and robustness serve as severe constraints on system architecture and design.
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2007.iwslt-1.4
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Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Spoken Language Translation
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October 15-16
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2007
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Trento, Italy
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IWSLT
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Nguyen Bach, Matthais Eck, Paisarn Charoenpornsawat, Thilo Köhler, Sebastian Stüker, ThuyLinh Nguyen, Roger Hsiao, Alex Waibel, Stephan Vogel, Tanja Schultz, and Alan W. Black. 2007. The CMU TransTac 2007 eyes-free two-way speech-to-speech translation system. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop on Spoken Language Translation, Trento, Italy.
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