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Interactive Language Technologies

Priorities of the Language Technologies Research Centre (LTRC) were defined through industry round table sessions, direct feedback from industry and other research groups, and through its participation in the Technology Roadmap process under the leadership of the Language Industry Association (AILIA).

Language technologies are computer-based tools for processing oral and written information, regardless of the language used. They encompass:

multilingual text processing (e.g., machine translation, translation and revision assistance, and information retrieval);
management of information from multilingual texts (e.g., automatic indexing and synthesis, information search from one language to another, document classification);
support for language training (e.g., evaluation of language knowledge level, tools to assist in writing and reading, pronunciation coaching);
speech processing (e.g., voice recognition, biometric voice identification, text-to-speech and speech-to-text conversion).

Within the LTRC, the NRC Interactive Language Technologies group focuses its current R&D activities in the first two areas above, and is in the process of evaluating possible involvement in the third area. As for speech processing, the NRC actively pursues projects in its application but leaves research activities proper to specialized Canadian R&D groups.

Current Projects

PORTAGE: Machine Learning for Translation

For additional information information, please communicate with the Business Contact listed below or see the Interactive Language Technologies Group page.

Research Contact

Dr. Pierre Isabelle
Group Leader
Interactive Language Technologies
NRC Institute for Information Technology
University of Quebec en Outaouais, Lucien Brault Pavilion
101 St-Jean-Bosco Street
Gatineau, QC K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (819) 934-2603
Fax: +1 (819) 934-2607
E-mail: Pierre.Isabelle@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

Business Contact

Michel Mellinger
Business Development Officer
Business Development Office, NCR
NRC Institute for Information Technology
University of Quebec en Outaouais, Lucien Brault Pavilion
101 St-Jean-Bosco Street
Gatineau, QC K1A 0R6
Telephone: +1 (819) 934-2602
Fax: +1 (819) 934-2607
E-mail: Michel.Mellinger@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca