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Usability of Speech Dialog Systems

Author : Thomas Hempel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540783431
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Book Synopsis Usability of Speech Dialog Systems by : Thomas Hempel

Download or read book Usability of Speech Dialog Systems written by Thomas Hempel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-04 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before designing a speech application system, three key questions have to be answered: who will use it, why and how often? This book focuses on these high-level questions and gives a criteria of when and how to design speech systems. After an introduction, the state-of-the-art in modern voice user interfaces is displayed. The book goes on to evolve criteria for designing and evaluating successful voice user interfaces. Trends in this fast growing area are also presented.

Practical Spoken Dialog Systems

Author : Deborah Dahl
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402026765
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Practical Spoken Dialog Systems by : Deborah Dahl

Download or read book Practical Spoken Dialog Systems written by Deborah Dahl and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-28 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For professional speech researchers, there is a rich technical literature covering many years of primary research in speech. However, this literature is not necessarily applicable to the needs of business people, application developers, and students who are interested in learning about the practical uses of speech technology. On the other hand, while existing introductory resources cover the basic mechanics of development of application development as well as aspects of the voice user interface, they don’t go far enough in dealing with the details that have to be taken into account to make spoken dialog systems successful in practice. What’s missing is information in between the in-depth technical literature and the more introductory development resources. The goal of this book is to provide information for anyone who wants to take the next step beyond the basics of current speech applications but isn’t yet ready to dive into the technical literature. It is hoped that this book will help project managers, application developers, and students gain a fuller and more complete understanding of spoken dialog technology and the practical aspects of developing and deploying spoken dialog applications.

Spoken Dialogue Technology

Author : Michael F. McTear
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0857294148
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Book Synopsis Spoken Dialogue Technology by : Michael F. McTear

Download or read book Spoken Dialogue Technology written by Michael F. McTear and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-06-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spoken Dialogue Technology provides extensive coverage of spoken dialogue systems, ranging from the theoretical underpinnings of the study of dialogue through to a detailed look at a number of well-established methods and tools for developing spoken dialogue systems. The book enables students and practitioners to design and test dialogue systems using several available development environments and languages, including the CSLU toolkit, VoiceXML, SALT, and XHTML+ voice. This practical orientation is usually available otherwise only in reference manuals supplied with software development kits. The latest research in spoken dialogue systems is presented along with extensive coverage of the most relevant theoretical issues and a critical evaluation of current research prototypes. A dedicated web site containing supplementary materials, code, links to resources will enable readers to develop and test their own systems (). Previously such materials have been difficult to track down, available only on a range of disparate web sites and this web site provides a unique and useful reference source which will prove invaluable.

Estimating Spoken Dialog System Quality with User Models

Author : Klaus-Peter Engelbrecht
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642315917
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Book Synopsis Estimating Spoken Dialog System Quality with User Models by : Klaus-Peter Engelbrecht

Download or read book Estimating Spoken Dialog System Quality with User Models written by Klaus-Peter Engelbrecht and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-04 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spoken dialog systems have the potential to offer highly intuitive user interfaces, as they allow systems to be controlled using natural language. However, the complexity inherent in natural language dialogs means that careful testing of the system must be carried out from the very beginning of the design process. This book examines how user models can be used to support such early evaluations in two ways: by running simulations of dialogs, and by estimating the quality judgments of users. First, a design environment supporting the creation of dialog flows, the simulation of dialogs, and the analysis of the simulated data is proposed. How the quality of user simulations may be quantified with respect to their suitability for both formative and summative evaluation is then discussed. The remainder of the book is dedicated to the problem of predicting quality judgments of users based on interaction data. New modeling approaches are presented, which process the dialogs as sequences, and which allow knowledge about the judgment behavior of users to be incorporated into predictions. All proposed methods are validated with example evaluation studies.

Spoken Dialogue Systems

Author : Kristiina Jokinen
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1598295993
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (982 download)

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Book Synopsis Spoken Dialogue Systems by : Kristiina Jokinen

Download or read book Spoken Dialogue Systems written by Kristiina Jokinen and published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considerable progress has been made in recent years in the development of dialogue systems that support robust and efficient human-machine interaction using spoken language. Spoken dialogue technology allows various interactive applications to be built and used for practical purposes, and research focuses on issues that aim to increase the system's communicative competence by including aspects of error correction, cooperation, multimodality, and adaptation in context. This book gives a comprehensive view of state-of-the-art techniques that are used to build spoken dialogue systems. It provides an overview of the basic issues such as system architectures, various dialogue management methods, system evaluation, and also surveys advanced topics concerning extensions of the basic model to more conversational setups. The goal of the book is to provide an introduction to the methods, problems, and solutions that are used in dialogue system development and evaluation. It presents dialogue modelling and system development issues relevant in both academic and industrial environments and also discusses requirements and challenges for advanced interaction management and future research. Table of Contents: Preface / Introduction to Spoken Dialogue Systems / Dialogue Management / Error Handling / Case Studies: Advanced Approaches to Dialogue Management / Advanced Issues / Methodologies and Practices of Evaluation / Future Directions / References / Author Biographies

Simulation-Based Usability Evaluation of Spoken and Multimodal Dialogue Systems

Author : Stefan Hillmann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319625187
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Book Synopsis Simulation-Based Usability Evaluation of Spoken and Multimodal Dialogue Systems by : Stefan Hillmann

Download or read book Simulation-Based Usability Evaluation of Spoken and Multimodal Dialogue Systems written by Stefan Hillmann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes an extension of the user behaviour simulation (UBS) of an existing tool for automatic usability evaluation (AUE). This extension is based upon a user study with a smart home system. It uses technical-sociological methods for the execution of the study and the analysis of the collected data. A comparison of the resulting UBS with former UBSs, as well as the empirical data, shows that the new simulation approach outperforms the former simulation. The improvement affects the prediction of dialogue metrics that are related to dialogue efficiency and dialogue effectiveness. Furthermore, the book describes a parameter-based data model, as well as a related framework. Both are used to uniformly describe multimodal human-computer interactions and to provide such descriptions for usability evaluations. Finally, the book proposes a new two-stage method for the evaluation of UBSs. The method is based on the computation of a distance measures between two dialogue corpora and the pair-wise comparison of distances among several dialogue corpora.

Designing Interactive Speech Systems

Author : Niels O. Bernsen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447108973
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (471 download)

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Book Synopsis Designing Interactive Speech Systems by : Niels O. Bernsen

Download or read book Designing Interactive Speech Systems written by Niels O. Bernsen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of the design and implementation of spoken language dialogue within the context of spoken language dialogue systems development. Using an applications-oriented SLDS developed through the Danish Dialogue project, the authors describe the complete process involved; and in so doing present several innovative practical tools, such as dialogue design guidelines, in-depth evaluation methodologies, and speech functionality analysis. Their approach is firmly applications-oriented, describing the results applicable to industry and showing how the development of advanced applications drives research rather than vice versa. For everyone working on the R&D of spoken language services, especially in the area of telecommunications.

Situated Dialog in Speech-Based Human-Computer Interaction

Author : Alexander Rudnicky
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319218344
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Book Synopsis Situated Dialog in Speech-Based Human-Computer Interaction by : Alexander Rudnicky

Download or read book Situated Dialog in Speech-Based Human-Computer Interaction written by Alexander Rudnicky and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a survey of the state-of-the-art in the practical implementation of Spoken Dialog Systems for applications in everyday settings. It includes contributions on key topics in situated dialog interaction from a number of leading researchers and offers a broad spectrum of perspectives on research and development in the area. In particular, it presents applications in robotics, knowledge access and communication and covers the following topics: dialog for interacting with robots; language understanding and generation; dialog architectures and modeling; core technologies; and the analysis of human discourse and interaction. The contributions are adapted and expanded contributions from the 2014 International Workshop on Spoken Dialog Systems (IWSDS 2014), where researchers and developers from industry and academia alike met to discuss and compare their implementation experiences, analyses and empirical findings.

Natural Language Dialog Systems and Intelligent Assistants

Author : G.G. Lee
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319192914
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Book Synopsis Natural Language Dialog Systems and Intelligent Assistants by : G.G. Lee

Download or read book Natural Language Dialog Systems and Intelligent Assistants written by G.G. Lee and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers state-of-the-art topics on the practical implementation of Spoken Dialog Systems and intelligent assistants in everyday applications. It presents scientific achievements in language processing that result in the development of successful applications and addresses general issues regarding the advances in Spoken Dialog Systems with applications in robotics, knowledge access and communication. Emphasis is placed on the following topics: speaker/language recognition, user modeling / simulation, evaluation of dialog system, multi-modality / emotion recognition from speech, speech data mining, language resource and databases, machine learning for spoken dialog systems and educational and healthcare applications.

HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion

Author : Andreas Holzinger
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642103081
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion written by Andreas Holzinger and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-06 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion, held as the 5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society, USAB 2009, in Linz, Austria, in November 2009. The 12 revised full papers and 26 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on gender and cognitive performance, usefulness, usability, accessibility, emotion, confidence and elderly, usability testing, evaluation, measurement, education, learning and e-inclusion, design for adaptive content processing, grounded theory, activity theory and situated action, smart home, health and ambient assistent living, user centred design and usability practice, interaction, assistive technologies and virtual environments, communication, interfaces and haptic technology as well as new technologies and challenges for people with disabilities.

Integrating Usability Engineering for Designing the Web Experience: Methodologies and Principles

Author : Spiliotopoulos, Tasos
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1605668974
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)

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Book Synopsis Integrating Usability Engineering for Designing the Web Experience: Methodologies and Principles by : Spiliotopoulos, Tasos

Download or read book Integrating Usability Engineering for Designing the Web Experience: Methodologies and Principles written by Spiliotopoulos, Tasos and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-01-31 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book provides a link between theoretical research and web engineering, presenting a more holistic approach to web usability"--Provided by publisher.

Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology and Design

Author : Wolfgang Minker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441979344
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology and Design by : Wolfgang Minker

Download or read book Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology and Design written by Wolfgang Minker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spoken Dialogue Systems Technology and Design covers key topics in the field of spoken language dialogue interaction from a variety of leading researchers. It brings together several perspectives in the areas of corpus annotation and analysis, dialogue system construction, as well as theoretical perspectives on communicative intention, context-based generation, and modelling of discourse structure. These topics are all part of the general research and development within the area of discourse and dialogue with an emphasis on dialogue systems; corpora and corpus tools and semantic and pragmatic modelling of discourse and dialogue.

Designing Human Interface in Speech Technology

Author : Fang Chen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387241566
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Designing Human Interface in Speech Technology written by Fang Chen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridging the gap between the needs of the technical engineer and cognitive researchers related to speech technology applications. Systematic approach focusing on the utility of speech related product design Designed to respond to the growing need for specific theories, tools and methods for design, testing and evaluating speech related human-system interfaces. Targeted at designers, engineers, and decision makers working in the area of speech technology research

Spoken Multimodal Human-Computer Dialogue in Mobile Environments

Author : Wolfgang Minker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402030754
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Spoken Multimodal Human-Computer Dialogue in Mobile Environments by : Wolfgang Minker

Download or read book Spoken Multimodal Human-Computer Dialogue in Mobile Environments written by Wolfgang Minker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-08-17 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Data-Driven Methods for Adaptive Spoken Dialogue Systems

Author : Oliver Lemon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461448034
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Book Synopsis Data-Driven Methods for Adaptive Spoken Dialogue Systems by : Oliver Lemon

Download or read book Data-Driven Methods for Adaptive Spoken Dialogue Systems written by Oliver Lemon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data driven methods have long been used in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis and have more recently been introduced for dialogue management, spoken language understanding, and Natural Language Generation. Machine learning is now present “end-to-end” in Spoken Dialogue Systems (SDS). However, these techniques require data collection and annotation campaigns, which can be time-consuming and expensive, as well as dataset expansion by simulation. In this book, we provide an overview of the current state of the field and of recent advances, with a specific focus on adaptivity.

Voice User Interface Design

Author : Michael Harris Cohen
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780321185761
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (857 download)

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Book Synopsis Voice User Interface Design by : Michael Harris Cohen

Download or read book Voice User Interface Design written by Michael Harris Cohen and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2004 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to voice user interface (VUI) design. The VUI is perhaps the most critical factor in the success of any automated speech recognition (ASR) system, determining whether the user experience will be satisfying or frustrating, or even whether the customer will remain one. This book describes a practical methodology for creating an effective VUI design. The methodology is scientifically based on principles in linguistics, psychology, and language technology, and is illustrated here by examples drawn from the authors' work at Nuance Communications, the market leader in ASR development and deployment. The book begins with an overview of VUI design issues and a description of the technology. The authors then introduce the major phases of their methodology. They first show how to specify requirements and make high-level design decisions during the definition phase. They next cover, in great detail, the design phase, with clear explanations and demonstrations of each design principle and its real-world applications. Finally, they examine problems unique to VUI design in system development, testing, and tuning. Key principles are illustrated with a running sample application. A companion Web site provides audio clips for each example: www.VUIDesign.org The cover photograph depicts the first ASR system, Radio Rex: a toy dog who sits in his house until the sound of his name calls him out. Produced in 1911, Rex was among the few commercial successes in earlier days of speech recognition. Voice User Interface Design reveals the design principles and practices that produce commercial success in an era when effective ASRs are not toys but competitive necessities.

Perception and Interactive Technologies

Author : Elisabeth Andre
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540347437
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Perception and Interactive Technologies written by Elisabeth Andre and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-06-12 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Tutorial and Research Workshop on Perception and Interactive Technologies, PIT 2006, held at Kloster Irsee, Germany, June 2006. The book presents 16 revised full papers together with 4 revised poster papers and 6 system demonstration papers, organized in topical sections on head pose and eye gaze tracking, modeling and simulation of perception, integrating information from multiple channels, and more.