... compression formats in a variety of standard and specialized formats.Sphereworkswellforsampleddatafiles,butislimitedformoregeneralspeechdatafiles. Ageneralpurpose, public-domain format (Esignal) ... multi-media, sound and vibration, etc. Two examples are HTK for recognition, and Delta (from Eloquent Technology) for synthesis.c1999 by CRC Press LLC50.9.9 Support for Speech Input and OutputInthepast,built-inspeechI/OhardwarewasuncommoninworkstationsandPCs,sospeechsoftwaretypically ... contents and for loading previously saved workspaces.Anextensionmechanismistypicallyprovidedbyacommandinterpreterforasimplelanguagethatincludes the available operations and a means for encapsulating...