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Article #2494Re: generalised alphabets
From: M.BRILLIANT
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1987 22:37
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1987 22:37
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In article <1209@pdn.UUCP>, alan@pdn.UUCP (Alan Lovejoy) writes: > A Proposal: > > If every letter for any human alphabet, and every ideograph, were given > a unique 32-bit (for example) id number, it would be possible to create > a 'character look-up table' ... > > Also, the possible human speech sounds should be given unique id > numbers (is 32 bits sufficient?), .... A 32-bit number could code any possible character that can be described in a square 16 pixels on a side. I think some Chinese ideographs are more complex than that. With run-length coding, the power of a 32-bit number is greater, and it might be adequate. I'm even less certain about the representation of speech sounds. The possible positions of the organs of articulation are continuously variable. Human speech can be as fast as about 10 distinct sounds per second. Coding each sound in 32 bits implies that a vocoder could encode human speech at 320 bits per second. Is that possible? M. B. Brilliant Marty AT&T-BL HO 3D-520 (201)-949-1858 Holmdel, NJ 07733 ihnp4!houdi!marty1
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!mtune!whuts!homxb!houdi!marty1 From: marty1@houdi.UUCP (M.BRILLIANT) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.std.internat Subject: Re: generalised alphabets Message-ID: <1296@houdi.UUCP> Date: Mon, 31-Aug-87 18:37:32 EDT Article-I.D.: houdi.1296 Posted: Mon Aug 31 18:37:32 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Sep-87 07:31:24 EDT References: <15488@mordor.s1.gov> <1209@pdn.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Lines: 24 Summary: 32 bits might be enough for phonemes and graphemes...?