Human Factors and Voice Interactive Systems (Signals and Communication Technology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038725482X ISBN 13: 9780387254821

Publisher: Springer, 2007

Synopsis

The second edition of Human Factors and Voice Interactive Systems, in addition to updating chapters from the first edition, adds in-depth information on current topics of major interest to speech application developers. These topics include use of speech technologies in automobiles, speech in mobile phones, natural language dialogue issues in speech application design, and the human factors design, testing, and evaluation of interactive voice response (IVR) applications.

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From the Back Cover

Human Factors and Voice Interactive Systems, Second Edition provides in-depth information on current topics of major interest to speech application developers,  and updates material from chapters that appeared in the previous edition.

The first nine chapters of the book cover issues related to interactive voice response systems, including both mobile and multimodal device user interfaces as well as classic automated telephone systems. The remaining chapters cover special topics including synthetic speech and the design of speech applications to enhance accessibility to people with disabilities and the ever-growing population of older adults.

Human Factors and Voice Interactive Systems, Second Edition is a collection of applied research and scholarly synthesis contributions by seasoned professionals in the field that highlight continuing efforts to study human interaction with speech technologies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 038725482X
• ISBN 13: 9780387254821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 495
• Editor: Gardner-Bonneau Daryle, Blanchard Harry E.