Spoken Dialogue Technology
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...
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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.
ForewordPt. IBackground to spoken dialogue technology51Talking with computers : fact or fiction?72Spoken dialogue applications : research directions and commercial deployment193Understanding dialogue454Components of a spoken dialogue system - speech input and output795Dialogue management107Pt. IIDeveloping spoken dialogue applications1276Dialogue engineering : the dialogue systems development lifecycle1297Developing a spoken dialogue system using the CSLU toolkit1638Developing multimodal dialogue systems using the CSLU toolkit2059Developing a directed dialogue system using VoiceXML23110More advanced VoiceXML26311Multimodal web-based dialogue : XHTML + voice and SALT291Pt. IIIAdvanced applications32112Advanced dialogue systems : some cases studies32313Research topics in spoken dialogue technology34914Future directions : the way ahead379App. 1Grammar formats391App. 2The CSLU toolkit and related software for chapters 7 and 8395App. 3Software for chapters 9 and 10397App. 4Software for chapter 11 : IBM multimodal tools and Microsoft.NET speech SDK400App. 5Spoken dialogue technology : projects and links401App. 6Spoken dialogue technology : toolkits and resources406
