Performance Assessments of Two-Way, Free-Form, Speech-to-Speech Translation Systems for Tactical Use

Abstract

A critical challenge for military personnel when operating in foreign countries is effective communication with the local population. To address this issue, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) created the Spoken Language Communication and Translation Systems for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC) program. The program's goal is to develop speech-to-speech translation technologies enabling English speakers to quickly communicate with the local population without an interpreter. DARPA has funded the National Institutes of Standards and Technology to lead the design and implementation of the TRANSTAC performance evaluations. This article presents these evaluations that enabled the collection of rich quantitative and qualitative metrics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA539727

Entities

People

  • Brian A. Weiss
  • Craig I. Schlenoff

Organizations

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Iraqi-War
  • Language
  • Machine Translation
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Personnel
  • Mobile Devices
  • Smartphones
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training
  • Translations
  • United States

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  • Computational Linguistics
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Systems Analysis and Design