From sentto-44114-21644-1077835577-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Thu Feb 26 14:46:56 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:46:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from n22.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.66.78]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AwUHJ-0004B4-HL for lojban-in@lojban.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 14:46:49 -0800 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-21644-1077835577-lojban-in=lojban.org@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.195] by n22.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Feb 2004 22:46:18 -0000 X-Sender: phma@ixazon.dynip.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 43065 invoked from network); 26 Feb 2004 22:46:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Feb 2004 22:46:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO neofelis.ixazon.lan) (208.150.110.21) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Feb 2004 22:46:15 -0000 Received: by neofelis.ixazon.lan (Postfix, from userid 500) id 34BF33C497; Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:46:13 -0500 (EST) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: In-Reply-To: X-Spamtrap: fesmri@ixazon.dynip.com Message-Id: <04022617460813.02957@neofelis> X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 208.150.110.21 From: Pierre Abbat MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:46:08 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: Lojban question Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 7147 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: phma@webjockey.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Thursday 26 February 2004 17:16, stewartberntson@yahoo.com wrote: > Is anything being done on a speech-recognition grammer for Lojban? > Since the language designed for understandability in high-noise > environments, it could be perfect for use as a remote speech > interface (i.e. computer has a problem, calls the owner's cell > (using SAPI likely), the owner could tell the computer what to do in > lojban, which would reduce the errors in recognition with similar > words (for example, reboot and refresh or something like that) I don't think Lojban actually is more noise-tolerant than other languages. The gismu list was designed so that two gismu would not differ in the final vowel (except for brod*) or by one similar-sounding consonant in the same position, but that didn't keep me from mishearing {kansa} as {tamca} on a jbofongri call where the bandwidth was low. {ractu} and {ratcu} both designate mammals and can easily be confused. The Queen and the Duchess in Alice respectively noltruni'u and noltroni'u. {pixra} "picture" can be confused with {spixra} "mosaic". {ko'a} through {ko'u} ("he", "she", "it", but assigned arbitrarily, not by gender) differ only in the second vowel, which is usually unstressed (if it's stressed and followed by a brivla of more than two syllables, the word split can be misheard unless a pause is inserted). Substitution of /'/ for /x/ or one consonant for another which changes the initial-cluster status of a consonant pair can move word boundaries. And so on. phma ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/GSaulB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/