CHAPTER
Spoken Dialogue Systems
for Intelligent Environments
18
W. Minker, T. Heinroth, P.-M. Strauss, and 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
ABSTRACT
An intelligent environment is a physical space augmented with computation,
communication, and digital content. In this chapter, we will discuss how spoken
dialogue system technologies, critical for user-friendly human–computer inter-
action, can be deployed in intelligent environments. The presented theories,
paradigms, and approaches will be illustrated with recent projects and research,
including a client–server approach to large-vocabulary speech recognition for
mobile devices, a distributed information access system for cellular phones,
a spoken dialogue guidance system for pedestrians, and a proactive dialogue
companion for restaurant selection.
Key words: Speech, mobile devices, information access, spoken dialogue system.
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