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Engineering Dialog for Gadgets. Thomas K Harris September 12, 2003. ???Questions???. Motivation: Is speech a useful modality for electronic devices? Hardware: How would one get speech in “other” devices? Architecture: What should the system look like?
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Engineering Dialog for Gadgets Thomas K Harris September 12, 2003
???Questions??? • Motivation: Is speech a useful modality for electronic devices? • Hardware: How would one get speech in “other” devices? • Architecture: What should the system look like? • Dialog: What should/will these conversations be like?
Current Speech Application Concept Phone Client PDA Client Computer Client Speech Application Backend
Current Electronic Devices ??? ??? ??? Speech Application Frontend
Protocol-based Architecture Havi adapter Speech Graffiti Personal Universal Controller X10 adapter
Speech Graffiti Dialog • Artificial subset language • Tree-structured functions • Universal conversational primitives • User-directed • Great for recognition • Entirely declarative (and automatic)
Minimal Keywords • hello-james • options • where-am-i, where-was-i • go-ahead, ok • status • goodbye • what-is, what-is-the • how-do-i • more
Session Management • hello-james/goodbye • User: blah blah blah...System: ignoring userUser: hello-jamesSystem: stereo, digital cameraUser: stereoSystem: stereo hereUser: goodbyeSystem: goodbyeUser: blah blah blah...System: ignoring user
Query • what-is path/status • User: what-is-the am frequencySystem: the am frequency is five hundred thirtyUser: what-is randomSystem: random is offUser: what-is-the stereoSystem: the stereo is tuner
help/exploration/implicit navigation • how-do-i.../options/path options • User: control alarm clock radio optionsSystem: alarm, clock, radio, sleep...User: moreSystem: x10, stereoUser: stereo optionsSystem: while turning stereo on: off, am, fm, auxiliary, cd...
invocation/specification/implicit exploration/navigation • Path • User: stereo auxiliarySystem: while turning the stereo on and switching to auxiliary: auxiliaryUser: cdSystem: while switching to cd mode: cdUser: playSystem: while playing a cd: play
list navigation • More • User: radio band am optionsSystem: bracketed list [frequency, kabc, k001, k002, k003, k004, k005][fm][off, volume][alarm, clock, sleep][x10, stereo] rendered: frequency, kabc, k001, k002...User: moreSystem: k003, k004, k005...User: moreSystem: fm, off, volume...
orientation • where-am-i • User: what is the discSystem: the disc is threeUser: where am iSystem: stereo cd disc
Research Questions • Is the subset language learnable? • Once learned, is it efficient? • Are user mistakes infrequent enough? • Are system mistake infrequent enough? • Can one generalize from one device to another? • Is the subset language well retained?