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Generating text from compressed input: an intelligent interface for people with severe motor impairments

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Volume 35 , Issue 5 (May 1992) table of contents

Pages: 68 - 78

Year of Publication: 1992

ISSN:0001-0782

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Patrick W. Demasco	Univ. of Delaware, Newark
Kathleen F. McCoy	Univ. of Delaware, Newark

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
I. Computing Methodologies
I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
I.2.7 Natural Language Processing
Subjects: Language parsing and understanding

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors, Theory

Keywords:
text processing

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