Re: [Indic-computing-users] Speech technology group: Indic -Computing
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Re: [Indic-computing-users] Speech technology group: Indic -Computing
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From: Tapan S. P. <ta...@ya...> - 2002-10-05 10:31:15
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Dr. Dash et al, Yes, that is great, welcome to the mailing list! btw I think Vijay meant Kavita Bali who attended the conference. She is working with Picopeta Simputers and is researching indic language speech corpuses (corpii?). We look forward to interact with you all in future! -- Tapan -- Mailing List Admin -- Indic-Computing Project On Sat, 05 Oct 2002 14:24:23 +0530 Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya <vi...@ek...> wrote: > Hi, > > This is for attention for the groups particularly interested to work > on speech technology for Indian languages & development of corpus. Let > me introduce to the group Prof. Niladri Sekhar Dash of ISI Kolkatta, > who is working on development of corpus (both written and spoken) > generation in Indian languages, language processing, lexical resource > generation and lexicography. > > As this was one of the identified gap at the workshop and we had only > Kokila (& Ravikant) there to represent linguists. I had been in touch > with Prof. Dash in post workshop communication and he offer to be part > > of the group and take up some responsibility in his domain areas, > besides bringing in other colleagues from ISI to join in to contribute > > to Indic-Computing. > > I have suggested Prof. Dash to take intiative in this area and help to > > develop this group. I would suggest members interested in corpus > building to get in touch with Prof. dash. I am including the mails > exchnaged with him as under. > > best > > vijay > > > Cc: Prof. Dash may I request you to kindly join Indic-Computing > mailing lists, you can go to http://indic-computing.sourceforge.net/ > to subscribe > > > Niladri Sekhar Dash wrote: > > >Dear Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya, > > > >Nice to hear you. I will be happy to join the group and think myself > >fortunate that I can serve with others in the team for common couse > >of > our > >nation. > > > >Today, I had a discussion regarding your conference minutes with my > >HoD, Prof. B.B. Chaudhuri who lamented that he did not prior > >information about the conference. Otherwise, he might have joined > >it. Meanwhile, he had a meeting with Pat Hall and Durgesh Rao at > >Berlin where he had some feed backs about the conference. > > > >In fact, we have been doing researches in many areas of language > >technology (e.g., OCR, spell-checker, morphological > >processor, speech synthesis, Information retrieval, document > >processing, font designing, MRDs, etc.) for Bangla and other > >languages. All these people along with their works can probably join > >Indic Computing to achieve better results. If your group likes then > >I can approach > them to > >think about it. > > > >With best wishes, > > > >Niladri > >====== > > > > > > > > > >On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya wrote: > > > >>Dear Dr. Dash, > >> > >>Thanks for your mail and support, we would be very happy if you > >join the>Indic-Computing effort, the community which has come > >together is looking>forward to guidance from senior people like you. > >Your support is much>required and as the areas identified by you in > >which you would be able>to contribute had been one of the major > >areas of concerns amongst the>participants at the worksop, I think > >people would look forward to all>possible help. > >> > >>Alow me to post your mail to the Indic computing mailing list, i > >hope>people owho are working in localisation and developing lexical > >resources>woould get back to you for your inputs on the work that > >they are doing.> > >><<2. Regarding Handbook writing, I can inform you that I have > >started>writing a book on corpus generation in Indian languages. It > >is near>completion. This can be a good resource for the people (old > >and new)>related with this field.>> > >> > >> > >>The Handbook that you are making could also be merged with the one > >we>already are planning such that developers and people working in > >the area>can have acccess to all the possible resources. This is an > >execellent>direction aken by you, we on the other hand are trying to > >begin in this>direction for the technical handbook. > >> > >><<3. If needed I can probably initiate efforts for generation of > >speech>corpus for Indian languages which can be further > >transliterated,>transcripted and annotated following a national > >standard - to be > designed > >>by the experts. This area is still unexplored and needs strong > initiation.>> > >> > >>I think this would be perfect, I think we can involve all the > >people > working in this area to organise themsleves, could I also suggest foor > a small workshop of developers and experts in this area, as the one > suggested by us for OTF. > >> > >><<4. Regarding coordination and interaction with lunguists > communities, I > >>can ask some of my teachers, colleagues and students to join in the > >team>to work together.>> > >> > >>I think if you can coordiante this effort and if we can form a > >team, > it would be wornderful, I would infact request you to join in the > Indic computing list and offer your help. I shall also post (subject > to your confirmation) your mail at the list. > >> > >><<Kindly, let me know your views on these issues. Thanks. > >> > >>With best wishes,>> > >> > >>I think we have a lot oof value to add in terms oof standardization > > > and developing resources for enabling computing. Your help would be > very useful. I look forwward to your confirmation so that II can > introduce your maiil to the group and then start the process of group > formation in this critical area. > >> > >>Regards > >> > >>vijay > >> > >> > >> > >>Niladri Sekhar Dash wrote: > >> > >>>Dear Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya, > >>> > >>>Thanks for your mail. Let me inform you that I went through the > >>>"Action points Indic Computing Workshop September 2002" and found > >some>>ereas where I can participate. These are as follows: > >>> > >>>1. My area of work is corpus (both written and spoken) generation > >in>>Indian languages, language processing, lexical resource > >generation and>>lexicography. I find some to be useful for Indic > >Computing group.>> > >>>2. Regarding Handbook writing, I can inform you that I have > >started>>writing a book on corpus generation in Indian languages. It > >is near>>completion. This can be a good resource for the people (old > >and new)>>related with this field. > >>> > >>>3. If needed I can probably initiate efforts for generation of > >speech>>corpus for Indian languages which can be further > >transliterated,>>transcripted and annotated following a national > >standard - to be > designed > >>>by the experts. This area is still unexplored and needs strong > initiation. > >>> > >>>4. Regarding coordination and interaction with lunguists > >communities, I>>can ask some of my teachers, colleagues and students > >to join in the > team > >>>to work together. > >>> > >>>Kindly, let me know your views on these issues. Thanks. > >>> > >>>With best wishes, > >>> > >>>Niladri, > >>>========== > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > >>>% DR. NILADRI SEKHAR DASH % > > >>>% MA(CU,Ind),NLP(IITK,Ind),PhD(CU,Ind) % > > >>>% Linguist (Corpus Linguistics and Language Technology) % > > >>>% Consultant (TDIL: MIT, Govt. of India) % > > >>>% Consultant (SCiLaHLT: ASI@IT&C, European Commission) % > > >>>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > >>>% Office Address: % > > >>>% =============== % > > >>>% Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit % > > >>>% Indian Statistical Institute % > > >>>% 203, Barrakpore Trunk Road % > > >>>% Kolkata 700108, West Bengal, INDIA % > > >>>% ======================================================% > > >>>% Telegram: STATISTICA % > > >>>% Phone: (91)(33)578-1832/577-8085/577-2088 % > > >>>% Extn.: 2850/2852/2858 % > > >>>% Direct line: (91)(33)578-1832 % > > >>>% Residential Phone: (91)(33)477-3337 % > > >>>% FAX: (91)(33)5776680/5773035 % > > >>>% Email: N.S.Dash<ni...@is...> % > > >>>% Email: N.S.Dash<nil...@ho...> % > > >>>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Indic-computing-users mailing list > http://indic-computing.sourceforge.net/ > Ind...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/indic-computing-users > [Other Indic-Computing mailing lists: -devel, -standards, -announce] |
