Persuasive Speech : Automatic Speech Recognition

Speech is often based on concatenation of natural speech i.e units, that are taken from natural speech put together to form a word or sentence. Concatenative speech synthesis .has become very popular in recent years due to its improved

I am sure that everyone of you have heard about aliens and UFOs. Indeed, we all have heard about the famous case of aliens and UFOs in Roswell, New Mexico. Most people might be interested in the topic of aliens, but I know that the majority of you just think of it as rumours and the existence of them are impossible. Therefore, I am standing here in front all of you to make you change your perspective. I am strongly confident that I have found the evidence of their real existence to convince all of you.

Persuasive speech outline purpose: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross. Introduction:

It was October 6, 1998 when he was lured from the bar that cold, fateful night. His skull was smashed with a pistol butt as he was lashed to a fence, left for dead in near freezing temperatures. Nearly eighteen hours later he was found by passersby and taken to a hospital where we remained in a coma for several days until slowly slipping away. At his funeral, picketers carried signs saying, "God Hates Fags" and *Fags Deserve to Die."

Alongside humanity and dignity, there needs to be an inclination to participate in prison programs. A study was done at Leiden University and Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement to compare readiness for job or social training and ability to complete training in correctional institutions. This study was done to make sure resources were not wasted, as the training may be expensive depending on the program (Bosma 1103). Readiness was measured by interviewing prisoners and ranking their willingness and disposition towards the program (Bosma 1105). Through pre and post testing, it was found that if the prisoner was more willing to participate in the training, they were more likely to participate and complete the rehabilitation program (Bosma 1113). Keeping this in mind, when rehabilitation programs are introduced to American prisons, there needs to be a willingness to change and participate in these programs for them to be effective, otherwise there

Have you served in a war? Has your father or mother served in a war? How about your grandpa? As we honor those who have served we typically do so by standing for the pledge of allegiance or star spangled banner. We say thank you to our war heroes or we go and visit them and listen to their stories. In this paper I will be discussing why NFL players should not be allowed to kneel for the flag. Although the NFL players have the right to peacefully protest, they should find a different way than kneeling as it shows disrespect towards the flag also active duty military and veterans, it teaches young children this behavior is okay, what they are protesting has nothing to do with the flag and there are many different ways to get their message out.

Two of our fellow seniors, Curtis Robinson and Sumayyah Singletary, have taken the initiative to plan an unofficial class trip. The following is a message from them:

As parents welcome their child into the world, it can be a daunting experience. Parents must spend countless hours, money, and resources finding the perfect items for their little one. After all the grueling hours of planning, organizing, and shopping, a brief moment of relaxation is taken as the wait for the big day continues. Finally, as the moment the parents have been waiting for arrives, friends and family anticipate the news of a healthy, newborn child. However, not everything goes as planned, and the child fails their newborn hearing screening. Then, three months later, the child is found to have a profound hearing loss. This leaves the parents with a tough choice: Do they let their child enter the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community? Or, do they provide their child with the proper tools to participate effectively in a society that primarily uses spoken language?

The cost of maintaining the prison system in the United States is expanding every year. This event implies that there are too many prisoners and criminals living in the prison. In order to solve for this problem, education and moral in our society have to be improved and modified.

Students at Palmyra Area High School should not be allowed to display information supporting the display of the Confederate Flag in the atrium. The flag is seen as a controversial symbol, and can allow disruption to happen throughout the school. Supporting the flag is seen as a something throughout heritage, however, the flag can also be seen as racist. Throughout school hours, the school has the privilege to monitor the student's free speech, attempting to make the school a place that all the students want to be.

will discuss the issues of prisons and if using other rehabilitation methods would be beneficial for both the society and the state. It will point out issues on how punishment is failing by looking into the costs of prisons and re-offending rates, and that the need for reform is needed with using other correctional methods. It will evaluate prisons and alternatives by giving positives and negatives to the debate.

Very early on when I was growing up, my parents would push me to do better in school and at my baseball games. For me going to school and practice keep on getting repetitive so as a young kid, I did what anyone would do, I started getting lazy and started to slack off. Don’t get me wrong I still keep on doing most of my homework and I still went to practice, I just didn’t put in the effort to do better that I knew I can. But after this game, this one game where it came down to the wire, I had experienced the most tragic lost in my baseball career. And to this day, I’ll never forget the words that my grandpa told me after the game…

For example, using a leftover coffee can for loose nails or screws, or even washing and reusing a plastic zip-loc bag instead of throwing it in the garbage. Thrift shopping is a way of reusing someone else’s unwanted goods. As I spoke about in an earlier speech about thrifting, I included many locations and ways to thrift, also the benefits to the shopper and the donator. One place in particular was shopping at the local boys and girls club. I personally shop there, keeping my eyes open for a good deal. For example, the pair of jeans that I am wearing today was purchased from this store just a few months ago. I paid only $8.00 for this pair of Lucky Jeans and according to buckle.com, a retailer for lucky jeans the retail price is $99.00 that is a savings to me of $91.00.I am not the type to worry about name brands, but quality usually does cost more. If I can get a quality pair of jeans at a fraction on the price, I am glad to shop at the thrift store. I am thankful to the person that made the donation of the lucky jeans and they can benefit from that donation. According to the IRS webpage, IRS. Gov it explains that an individual can donate items like clothing, household furniture and furnishings, a car or boat, even taxidermy. The donations are appraised, by the donator, and recorded. At the time of filing taxes if the donation equals at least $500 for the year, the donator may take advantage of the

In writing it’s important to have an understanding of what you’re trying to convey for your audience in addition to how you you will present your ideas. Effective communication extends beyond having well organized writing expressed in complete and coherent sentences. The style, tone and clarity of writing must also be considered, as they are constantly changing relative to the audience. Again, analyzing one’s audience and purpose is essential to successful writing. Appropriately, when choosing the most effective language, it is important to consider the document objective as well as the reader. In essence, this idea of effective use of language has been the overarching theme of this online English course. Each writing assignment

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” This quote it by Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein is a physicist that was born in Germany. Some of his accomplishments are learning that the universe was dynamic. He also created a major part in atomic energy, E=MC2. It's relevant because I tried something new that I’ve never done before.