Spoken Multimodal Human-Computer Dialogue in Mobile Environments: 28 (Text, Speech and Language Technology, 28) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1402030746 ISBN 13: 9781402030741

Publisher: Springer, 2005

Synopsis

This book is based on publications from the ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Multi-Modal Dialogue in Mobile Environments held at Kloster Irsee, Germany, in 2002. The workshop covered various aspects of devel- ment and evaluation of spoken multimodal dialogue systems and components with particular emphasis on mobile environments, and discussed the state-- the-art within this area. On the development side the major aspects addressed include speech recognition, dialogue management, multimodal output gene- tion, system architectures, full applications, and user interface issues. On the evaluation side primarily usability evaluation was addressed. A number of high quality papers from the workshop were selected to form the basis of this book. The volume is divided into three major parts which group together the ov- all aspects covered by the workshop. The selected papers have all been - tended, reviewed and improved after the workshop to form the backbone of the book. In addition, we have supplemented each of the three parts by an invited contribution intended to serve as an overview chapter.

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From the reviews:

"This book contains a collection of 20 papers presenting current work in the field of development and evaluation of multimodal dialogue systems with a special emphasis on mobile environments. a ] an interesting and valuable contribution to the NLP community. It offers a good overview of the field of multimodal, mobile man-machine interaction and the different research areas within this field. a ] the book forms also a good starting point for students who want to specialize within the area of multimodal mobile dialogue systems." (Petra Gieselmann, The Linguist List, February, 2008)

Synopsis

The ongoing migration of computing and information access from stationary environments to mobile computing devices for eventual use in mobile environments, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), tablet PCs, next generation mobile phones, and in-car driver assistance systems, poses critical challenges for natural human-computer interaction. Spoken dialogue is a key factor in ensuring natural and user-friendly interaction with such devices which are meant not only for computer specialists, but also for everyday users. Speech supports hands-free and eyes-free operation, and becomes a key alternative interaction mode in mobile environments, e.g. in cars where driver distraction by manually operated devices may be a significant problem. On the other hand, the use of mobile devices in public places, may make the possibility of using alternative modalities possibly in combination with speech, such as graphics output and gesture input, preferable due to e.g. privacy issues.

Researchers' interest is progressively turning to the integration of speech with other modalities such as gesture input and graphics output, partly to accommodate more efficient interaction and partly to accommodate different user preferences. This book combines overview chapters of key areas in spoken multimodal dialogue (systems and components, architectures, and evaluation) with chapters focussed on particular applications or problems in the field. It focusses on the influence of the environment when building and evaluating an application. It is suitable for computer scientists, engineers, and others who work in the area of spoken multimodal dialogue systems in academia and in the industry. It is also suitable for graduate students and Ph.D. students specialising in spoken multimodal dialogue systems in general, or focusing on issues in these systems in mobile environments in particular.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402030746
• ISBN 13: 9781402030741
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 434
• Editor: Minker Wolfgang, Bühler Dirk, Dybkjær Laila