| International Journal on Digital Libraries manuscript No. (will be inserted by the editor) Accessing the Spoken Word (2008) | |||||||||||||||
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| The date of receipt and acceptance will be inserted by the editor Abstract. Spoken word audio collections cover many domains, including radio and television broadcasts, oral narratives, governmental proceedings, lectures, and telephone conversations. The collection, access and preservation of such data is stimulated by political, economic, cultural and educational needs. This paper outlines the major issues in the field, reviews the current state of technology, examines the rapidly changing policy issues relating to privacy and copyright, and presents issues relating to the collection and preservation of spoken audio content. Key words: Spoken document retrieval, preservation, privacy, copyright, browsing, speech technology, content annotation, | |||||||||||||||
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