This textbook is a comprehensive, foundational guide to how computers process, recognize, and respond to human speech. The book approaches voice interaction as a complex human-computer interaction (HCI) design challenge rooted in linguistics and psychology. It uses an interdisciplinary approach to explain the application of speech technologies to computer interfaces. The text is accompanied by case studies. 

Key Topics

• Physics of voice processing
• Higher-level linguistics 
• Speech synthesis 
• Coding schemes
• Voice output applications 
• Advanced recognition techniques