Objective
The aim of SPEAK is to construct a proof-of-concept prototype of a multimodal information system combining graphical and spoken language output in a variety of languages.
The multi-modal user interface will be able to generate automatically, from a deep representation of information and of speaker and hearer goals, meta-communication concerning the information retrieval process. Particular attention is to be placed on the intonational adequacy of the synthesized speech in the context of the information retrieval dialogue between information seeker and machine. Here, improvements in the speech, and hence in the acceptability of speech synthesis technology, may be gained by relying on an information-rich system that includes formalizations of communicative intent and functional organization.
PROGRESS AND RESULTS
An initial specification for the functional, dialogue-appropriate control of intonation for German has been completed. A model of information retrieval as a dialogic process of negotiation between information seeker and giver has also been extended and incorporated.
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES AND EXPLOITATION
A database of prospective users and parties interested in the progress and results of the project, both industrial and research, is being set up.
The results are expected to be incorporated in products marketed by a company which supplies the speech synthesis equipment used in the project.
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Coordinator
64293 Darmstadt
Germany
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