Posts Tagged ‘ speech ’

Vietnamese speech recognition system breeds various apps 

January 2, 2012
Vietnamese speech recognition system breeds various apps 

  A Vietnamese speech translation system and an iPhone navigation app based on voice recognition are among the applications recently introduced by a Ho Chi Minh City-based university.   The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AILab) at the University of Science, said based on its research on spoken language that earned the third prize in the 2009 Viet Talents contest, [...]

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Judge upholds eviction of Wall St. protesters 

November 16, 2011
Judge upholds eviction of Wall St. protesters 

Bill Talen, known as Reverend Billy (C), delivers a speech to members of the Occupy Wall Street movement as they return to Zuccotti Park in New York November 15, 2011. A judge upheld New York City’s right to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters from a park on Tuesday after baton-wielding police in riot gear broke [...]

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First Vietnamese general delivers speech in US since 1975 

October 11, 2011
First Vietnamese general delivers speech in US since 1975 

Lieutenant General Vo Tien Trung. A lieutenant-general has become the first Vietnamese officer to deliver a speech on national defense in the US since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, VnExpress reported Friday. According to the newswire, Lt. Gen. Vo Tien Trung, director of Vietnam National Defense University, presented his speech to some 200 American [...]

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US court strikes down minor violent video game ban 

June 28, 2011
US court strikes down minor violent video game ban 

Mature video games are shown in this photograph taken in Encinitas. Governments cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to minors because it would violate free-speech rights, the US Supreme Court said on Monday in its first ruling in a video game case. By a 7-2 vote, the high court struck down [...]

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Obama courts top US executives, vows cooperation 

February 8, 2011
Obama courts top US executives, vows cooperation 

The New York Stock Exchange is seen in 2010. President Barack Obama warmly courted top US executives, pledging to scrap regulation and lay the groundwork for innovation in a bid to “make America the best place on Earth to do business.” But he also stressed the “mutual responsibilities” of business and government in his speech [...]

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Japan, Australia ‘test’ Asia leaders with trade plans

October 27, 2009

Japan and Australia outlined competing visions for an East Asian trade bloc during a 16-nation summit in Thailand, offering plans that differ on what role the US will play. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd discussed his idea for an “Asia-Pacific Community” that would include the US and India. Japan’s Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who took [...]

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Obama makes fresh push for health care reform

September 10, 2009
Obama makes fresh push for health care reform

U.S. President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress here Wednesday night, making a fresh push for one centerpiece of his domestic agenda — health reform. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform before a joint session of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 9, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)TWO FLAWS To make his [...]

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Thai court jails Thaksin supporter for royal insult

August 28, 2009
Thai court jails Thaksin supporter for royal insult

Supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra hold portraits of Thaksin during a rally in Bangkok June 27, 2009. A Thai court on Friday sentenced a political campaigner to 18 years in prison for insulting the monarchy, the latest in a slew of lese-majeste cases critics say are stifling dissent and freedom of speech. [...]

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Smile if you’re lucky

August 22, 2009
Smile if you’re lucky

LookAtVietnam – Thousands of poor Vietnamese children born with cleft lips and palates can grin and speak clearly thanks to dedicated Vietnamese and foreign surgeons.  Bui Van Nguyen, 6, from Tay Ninh Province, at My Thien Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on August 7 after free surgery to fix a cleft palate. LookAtVietnam – [...]

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Smile if you’re lucky

August 21, 2009
Smile if you’re lucky

Bui Van Nguyen, 6, from Tay Ninh Province, at My Thien Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on August 7 after free surgery to fix a cleft palate. Thousands of poor Vietnamese children born with cleft lips and palates can grin and speak clearly thanks to dedicated Vietnamese and foreign surgeons and the sponsorship of [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...