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  <Title>Converser(TM): Highly Interactive Speech-to-Speech Translation for Healthcare</Title>
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4 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> We have described a highly interactive system for bidirectional, broad-coverage spoken language communication in the healthcare area. The paper has briefly reviewed the system's interactive foundations, and then gone on to discuss in greater depth issues of practical usability.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="1"> We have presented our Translation Shortcuts facility, which minimizes the need for interactive verification of sentences after they have been vetted once, considerably speeds throughput while maintaining accuracy, and allows use by minimally literate patients for whom any mode of text entry might be difficult.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="2"> We have also discussed facilities for multimodal input, in which handwriting, touch screen, and keyboard interfaces are offered as alternatives to speech input when appropriate. In order to deal with issues related to physical awkwardness, we have briefly mentioned facilities for hands-free or eyes-free operation of the system.</Paragraph>
    <Paragraph position="3"> Finally, we have pointed toward several directions for future improvement of the system.</Paragraph>
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