On Mon, 02 May 2005 13:58:07 -0500, phil wrote: > You didn't indicate how deep you want to get into the code yourself. > > I am gonna step way out of my mathematical depth here
I mean no disrespect, but this is the last accurate statement you made. I wouldn't say this, except that if the original poster tries to follow your advice, they'd be wasting a lot of time, so in I feel obligated to speak out. If it were that easy, phoneme recognition would have been a solved problem in the 70s. It is quite a bit harder than just waving Matlab at the problem. Based on the subsequent posts by the original poster, giving me a better feel of their skill level, I would estimate that in order to get to where they want to be, they are a minimum of nine years of solid work away from solving the problem, assuming no degree in computer science. (Such a degree would equip them better to know how hard the problem is, though you could get an undergrad degree without acquiring the requisite knowledge; with an undergrad degree in hand, subtract two years.) I am completely, 100% serious on that time estimate, and that's just to get you to the point where you *may* be able to solve the problem. Anyone who tells you it's less either has a solution in hand that you can use (good, but nobody has chimed up yet, except one guy to say it's really, really hard, he knows because he tried, so I'm not holding my breath), or has no clue what they are talking about. (We are often trained to be unthinkingly encouraging, but it is a net good to discourage someone from wasting significant amounts of time, oblivious to the fact they are unlikely to succeed. If the original poster wishes to dedicate that much time to the project, I would be happy to tell them how they can begin the process of learning what they need to learn, as long as they are aware of what they are starting.) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
