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Information Analysis and Retrieval

Extractor4Speech

The Extractor4Speech project began in March 2001 and is ongoing. It is being conducted in collaboration with the Communications Research Centre.

The project aims to develop a tool for automatically summarizing spoken documents.

Researchers expect no less than to develop the world’s best automatic speech summarizer. When they do, the software will be available as a toolkit through licensing agreements. Particular applications for Extractor4Speech could include video summarization, voice-mail and videoconferencing.

Ultimately, Extractor4Speech could have a significant and positive impact on the following sectors:

internet content providers
broadcasting
knowledge management
multimedia
videoconferencing

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Research Contact

Alain Désilets
Research Officer
Interactive Information
NRC Institute for Information Technology
1200 Montreal Road
Building M-50, Room C-333
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (613) 990-2813
Fax: +1 (613) 952-7151
E-mail: Alain Désilets

Business Contact

Randall Milburn
Business Development Officer
Business Development Office, NCR
NRC Institute for Information Technology
1200 Montreal Road
Building M-50, Room 201
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (613) 990-6590
Fax: +1 (613) 952-0074
E-mail: Randall.Milburn@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca