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Call of the wired
For generations, we have dreamed of machines with artificial intelligence with which we can have real conversations but, despite amazing technological advances, such devices seem some way off. Now researchers at Cambridge are changing the picture, by remodelling the essence of spoken dialogue systems.
The communicative brain
What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.
Music - or language in action?
Music is more than just sound. Sharing many features with language, it has all the hallmarks of a communicative system, as Cambridge researchers are showing.
Smart listeners and smooth talkers
Human-like performance in speech technology could be just around the corner, thanks to a new research project that links three UK universities.
The politics of speechmaking
Modern politicians are too stuck in a 24/7 media bubble to make the kind of grand speeches associated with past leaders, a debate on political rhetoric at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas heard last week.
What makes a great political speech?
Cambridge Festival of Ideas debate to examine the changing nature of political speeches
Asking 'are you awake?' with brain imaging
Even though we might be able to hear someone speaking, our powers for understanding what is actually being said switch off as we go to sleep.