Project description Language TechnologiesRobust distant-speech interaction in a domotic equipped home Show the project objective Hide the project objective The DIRHA project addresses the development of voice-enabled automated home environments based on distant-speech interaction in different languages. A distributed microphone network is installed in the rooms of a house in order to monitor selectively acoustic and speech activities observable inside any space, and to eventually run a spoken dialogue session with a given user in order to implement a service or to have access to appliances and other devices. The multi-microphone front-end is based on the use of arrays consisting of analog microphones or Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) digital microphones. The targeted system analyses the given multi-space acoustic scene in a coherent way, by processing in a parallelized fashion simultaneous activities which occur in different rooms, and in case by supporting at the same time the interaction with users who may speak in different areas of the house.These very challenging objectives require advances in different scientific and technical fields. In fact, based on the given network of microphone arrays, multi-microphone front-end processing includes, among the others, tasks as speaker localization, acoustic echo cancellation, speech enhancement, acoustic event segmentation and classification. It is then necessary to have robust technologies for distant-speech recognition and speaker identification (and verification). Effective solutions for language modeling in the selected languages, speech understanding, concurrent management of spoken dialogue interaction, together with user interface and integration between the resulting technological components, will also represent fundamental features for the implementation of the proposed smart home interface. The final prototype will be integrated in an automated home and evaluated by real users. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesacousticsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systemshome automation Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2011.4.2 - Language Technologies Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2011-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator Contact Maurizio OMOLOGO Prof. Coordinator FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER EU contribution € 897 524,00 Address VIA SANTA CROCE 77 38122 Trento Italy See on map Region Nord-Est Provincia Autonoma di Trento Trento Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Umberto Silvestri (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ Austria EU contribution € 595 004,00 Address RECHBAUERSTRASSE 12 8010 Graz See on map Region Südösterreich Steiermark Graz Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gernot Kubin (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ATHINA-EREVNITIKO KENTRO KAINOTOMIAS STIS TECHNOLOGIES TIS PLIROFORIAS, TON EPIKOINONION KAI TIS GNOSIS Greece EU contribution € 510 373,00 Address ARTEMIDOS 6 KAI EPIDAVROU 151 25 Maroussi See on map Region Αττική Aττική Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Despina Kassianidi (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data STMICROELECTRONICS SRL Italy EU contribution € 401 713,00 Address VIA C.OLIVETTI 2 20864 Agrate Brianza See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Monza e della Brianza Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sara Loi (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DOMOTICAREA SRL Italy EU contribution € 190 141,00 Address VIA A PRATO 38068 ROVERETO TRENTO See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Franco Giovanazzi (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data NEW AMUSER SRL Italy EU contribution € 391 139,00 Address VIA RICCARDO GIGANTE 00143 ROMA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Giuseppe Castagneri (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data INESC ID - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIADE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES, INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM LISBOA Portugal EU contribution € 464 106,00 Address RUA ALVES REDOL 9 1000 029 Lisboa See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Alberto Abad (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
