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The International Macintosh Users Group presents:

            Development of Phrase Translation Systems for Handheld 
            Computers: From Concept to Field

Group:      International Macintosh Users Group (IMUG)
              (A Forum for Multilingual / Multiscript Computing)
Date:       August 21, 2003, 7-9 p.m.
Speaker:    Horacio Franco (SRI International)
Topic:      Development of Phrase Translation Systems for Handheld 
              Computers: From Concept to Field
Location:   Apple Computer, Apple Campus, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino
              Take Saratoga/Sunnyvale exit off 280, turn South into
              Cupertino, turn left onto Mariani Avenue, left into
              Infinite Loop.
Admission:  $4, free for IMUG members
Contact:    Roger Sherman, (650) 859-5981
            roger.sherman@sri.com

We describe the development and conceptual evolution of handheld spoken 
phrase translation systems, beginning with an initial unidirectional 
system for translation of English phrases, and later extending to a 
limited bidirectional phrase translation system between English and 
Pashto, a major language of Afghanistan. We review the challenges posed 
by such projects, such as the constraints imposed by the computational 
platform, to the limitations of the phrase translation approach when 
dealing with na�ve respondents. We discuss our proposed solutions, in 
terms of architecture, algorithms, and software features, as well as 
some field experience by users of initial prototypes.
 

Horacio Franco is the Chief Scientist at the Speech Technology and 
Research (STAR) Laboratory at SRI International. He has been a member of 
the research team at the STAR Lab since 1990, where he contributed to 
the development of SRI's speech technology in several aspects of 
acoustic modeling and recognizer architectures as well as speech 
technology for language learning. Dr. Franco has been a principal 
investigator for several DARPA funded projects, in particular he has 
been leading the team involved in the software development of the 
"Phraselator", a phrase translation system funded by DARPA. He has an 
Electrical Engineer Diploma and a Doctor in Engineering degree both from 
the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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