Computer Voice Recognition and Ancient Sanskrit

I took Sanskrit at the Far Eastern and Slavic Institute while an undergraduate at the University of Washington. Six linguists and me - the hard sciences major. They didn’t know what to make of me. It immediately struck me that if there ever was language “invented” by/for a computer, it was Sanskrit. I was only 19, so with a few gray hairs, I understand some of the challenges a bit better....

11 August 2005 · Katherine M. Lawrence