Speaking machines don’t exist despite being put on the wish list at the 1956 A.I. conference at Dartmouth College. That was nearly 60 years ago and we seem no closer to accurate speaking machines. What went wrong?

Today we will look at how speaking machines remain out of reach waiting on a scientific breakthrough. Systems created with massive investment from organizations like DARPA and IBM just aren’t accurate. Subsequent systems improved, but remained inaccurate compared with the goal.

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