Class Contributions:
From Michael Sepulveda: A discussion of E-Rater, an automatic method of scoring essays on standardized tests.
From Vidish:
The article describes how GIs are trying to learn Arabic language and culture using an artificial environment (something like a video-game). Also included in the article is a video link which is quite interesting.
From Joanna Gilberti: some links to building voice-enabled website technologies in voicexml:
From Aaron Roth: Trenite on English pronunciation
From Amittai Aviram: Some amusing comments comparing different languages: Essentialist Explanations
From Victor Walker: ViaVoice Comparison: ViaVoice, more on ViaVoice, other articles
From Aaron Leon Roth: Baby Names names
From Jeffrey Cua: text generator passages generation with recursive grammar
From Amittai Aviram: NYT article Voice Recognition Software