Neural networks and speech processing

Speech processing is a unique discipline which encompasses a broad range and variety of technologies and applications. Many of these applications are not well known or are overshadowed by the intense interest in speech-to-text transcription, or automatic speech recognition. ASR research has a high profile because it will undoubtedly have the largest economic impact of all the speech technologies. Thus, there has been considerable funding for research in this area, and recently, much of this funding has been directed toward ANN implementations.