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01 January 1991

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Direct line to computer
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The police are developing a voice recognition system which will
allow the officer on the beat or in a car to talk directly to the
Police National Computer (PNC) to check car numbers and owners.
At present they have to call in to their local stations who then
contact the PNC. The `voice digitiser' will allow officers to
give their numbers, the number plate and colour of the car and
the computer will speak back the name and address of the owner.
The main problem has been to get the computer to recognise
regional accents. The system has been developed by the Centre for
Speech Technology Research at the University of Edinburgh.
New Scientist, 16.1.93.

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