Weiss, B.
and Schlenoff, C.
(2011),
Performance Assessments of Two-Way, Free-Form, Speech-to-Speech Translation Systems for Tactical Use, The ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=908374
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Performance Assessments of Two-Way, Free-Form, Speech-to-Speech Translation Systems for Tactical Use
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A critical challenge for military personnel when operating in foreign countries is effective communication with the local population. To address this issue, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) created the Spoken Language Communication and Translation Systems for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC) program. The program's goal is to develop speech-tospeech translation technologies enabling English speakers to quickly communicate with the local population without an interpreter. DARPA has funded the National Institutes of Standards and Technology to lead the design and implementation of the TRANSTAC performance evaluations. This article presents these evaluations that enabled the collection of rich quantitative and qualitative metrics.Citation
The ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation
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32(1)
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Automated speech recognition, English speakers, lab and field evaluations, machine translation, militarycivilian communication, offline evaluation, Pashto speakers, text-to-speech, translation software
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Created June 3, 2011, Updated February 19, 2017