Human-Centric Interfaces for Ambient Intelligence

CHAPTER 18 Spoken Dialogue Systems for Intelligent Environments

W. Minker, T. Heinroth,P.-M. Strauss,D. Zaykovskiy

Ulm University, Institute of Information Technology, Ulm/Donau, Germany

• 18.1 Introduction 454
• 18.2 Intelligent Environments 455
  • 18.2.1 System Architecture 455
  • 18.2.2 The Role of Spoken Dialogue 456
  • 18.2.3 Proactiveness 463
• 18.3 Information Access in Intelligent Environments 464
  • 18.3.1 Pedestrian Navigation System 464
  • 18.3.2 Journey-Planning System 469
  • 18.3.3 Independent Dialogue Partner 471
• 18.4 Conclusions 475
• Acknowledgments 476
• References 476

Key words

Speech

mobile devices

information access

spoken dialogue system.

An intelligent environment is a physical space augmented with computation, communication, and digital ...