*** This is English translation of the Japanese original for reference *** Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Engine Julius Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan Copyright (c) 1991-2008 Kawahara Lab., Kyoto University Copyright (c) 2000-2005 Shikano Lab., Nara Institute of Science and Technology Copyright (c) 2005-2008 Julius project team, Nagoya Institute of Technology "Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Engine Julius", including Julian, is being developed at Kawahara Lab., Kyoto University, Shikano Lab., Nara Institute of Science and Technology, and Julius project team, Nagoya Institute of Technology (collectively referred to herein as the "Licensers"). Julius was funded by the Advanced Information Technology Program Project of Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), Japan for three years since 1997. The Licensers reserve the copyright thereto. 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