, erläutert Herbert Tropf, Senior Consultant bei Siemens Corporate Technology in München und wesentlicher Initiator der deutsch-chinesischen Zusammenarbeit.

" Zum einen geht es um die Weiterentwicklung der auto ­ matischen Spracherkennung in den Bereichen " Speech Driven Teleservices " – wie Festnetztelefone , Mobiltelefone oder Internettelefonie – und " Speech Driven Interfaces for Consumer Applications " – wie Fernseher , Waschmaschine oder Personal Digital Assistant . "

says Herbert Tropf, senior consultant at Corporate Technology in Munich and the prime initiator of the Chinese-German partnership.

" One of the main areas of interest is the further development of automatic speech recognition . Progress here is crucial not only for speech-driven teleservices such as fixed-line telephones , cell phones or Internet telephony , but also with regard to speech-driven interfaces for consumer applications such as televisions , washing machines or personal digital assistants . "