
The SciencesAugust 1, 1999
Talking with Your Computer
Speech-based interfaces may soon allow computer users to retrieve data and issue instructions without lifting a finger
VICTOR ZUE is an associate director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science and head of the lab's Spoken Language Systems Group. He is also a senior research scientist at M.I.T., where he received his Sc.D. in electrical engineering in 1976.

Talking with Your Computer
Speech-based interfaces may soon allow computer users to retrieve data and issue instructions without lifting a finger