Text, speech and dialogue

Petr Sojka

ISBN 10: 3540390901 / ISBN 13: 9783540390909

Published by Springer, 2006

Leichte Kratzer / Abnutzungen / Druckstellen. The annual Text, Speech and Dialogue Conference (TSD), established in 1998, is concluding its first decade, having seen contributions from nearly 400 authors across 36 countries. TSD serves as a recognized forum for discussing cutting-edge technology and advancements in natural language processing, merging themes of speech technology and language processing. It attracts researchers globally, particularly from Central and Eastern Europe, aiming to foster collaboration among NLP researchers with diverse interests. This volume presents the proceedings from the Ninth TSD Conference, held in Brno, Czech Republic, in September 2006. Following a rigorous review process, 87 papers were accepted from a record 175 submissions, yielding an acceptance rate of 49.7%. We extend our gratitude to all authors for their dedication, as well as to the Program Committee and reviewers for their exceptional work in selecting the most relevant papers. Special thanks also go to the invited speakers, whose presentations offered valuable insights into key issues, applications, and techniques pertinent to the conference themes. Seller Inventory # f0bebd4d-0bdc-4ee3-a899-b87a0a296144

Synopsis:

The annual Text, Speech and Dialogue Conference (TSD), which originated in 1998, is now coming to the end of its ?rst decade. During this time almost 400 authors from 36 countries have contributed to the proceedings. TSD constitutes a recognized forum for the presentation and discussion of state-of-the-art technology and recent achievements in the ?eld of natural language processing. It has become an interdisciplinary forum, interweaving the themes of speech technology and language processing. The conference attracts researchers not only from Central and Eastern Europe but also from other parts of the world. Indeed, one of its goals has always been to bring together NLP researchers with different interests from different parts of the world and to promote their mutual cooperation. This volume containsthe proceedings of the Ninth TSD Conference, held in Brno, Czech Republic in September 2006. Following the review process, 87 papers were accepted out of 175 submitted, an acceptance rate of 49.7%. The number of the submissions this year was the highest so far. We would like to thank all the authors for the efforts they put into their submissions and the members of the Program Committee and reviewers who did a wonderful job helping us to select the most appropriate papers. We are also grateful to the invited speakers for their contribution. Their talks provided insight into important issues, applications and techniques related to the conference topics.

Synopsis: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Text, Speech and Dialogue, TSD 2006, held in Brno, Czech Republic, in September 2006. The 87 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 175 submissions. The papers present a wealth of state-of-the-art research results in the field of natural language processing with an emphasis on text, speech, and spoken dialogue ranging from theoretical and methodological issues to applications in various fields and with special focus on corpora, texts and transcription, speech analysis, recognition and synthesis, as well as their intertwining within NL dialogue systems.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Text, speech and dialogue
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Softcover
Condition: As New