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Date: 20-Oct-2005
From: Jasper de Vaal < jasper.devaal at springer-sbm.com >
Subject: Spoken Multimodal Human-Computer Dialogue in Mobile Environments:
Minker, Bühler, Dybkjaer (Eds) 

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Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 11:10:38
From: Jasper de Vaal < jasper.devaal at springer-sbm.com >
Subject: Spoken Multimodal Human-Computer Dialogue in Mobile Environments: Minker, Bühler, Dybkjaer (Eds) 

Title: Spoken Multimodal Human-Computer Dialogue in Mobile Environments 
Series Title: Text, Speech and Language Technology 28  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Springer
	   http://www.springeronline.com

Editor: W. Minker, University of Ulm, Germany
Editor: Dirk Bühler, University of Ulm, Germany
Editor: Laila Dybkjaer, University of Southern Denmark

Hardback: ISBN: 1402030738 Pages: 431 Price: U.S. $ 169.00
Hardback: ISBN: 1402030738 Pages: 431 Price: U.K. £ 93.00
Hardback: ISBN: 1402030738 Pages: 431 Price: Europe EURO 134.00
Paperback: ISBN: 1402030746 Pages: 431 Price: Europe EURO 59.00
Paperback: ISBN: 1402030746 Pages: 431 Price: U.S. $ 79.95
Paperback: ISBN: 1402030746 Pages: 431 Price: U.K. £ 41.00

Abstract:

The ongoing migration of computing and information access from stationary
environments to mobile computing devices for eventual use in mobile
environments, such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), tablet PCs, next
generation mobile phones, and in-car driver assistance systems, poses
critical challenges for natural human-computer interaction. Spoken dialogue
is a key factor in ensuring natural and user-friendly interaction with such
devices which are meant not only for computer specialists, but also for
everyday users. 

Speech supports hands-free and eyes-free operation, and becomes a key
alternative interaction mode in mobile environments, e.g. in cars where
driver distraction by manually operated devices may be a significant
problem. On the other hand, the use of mobile devices in public places, may
make the possibility of using alternative modalities possibly in
combination with speech, such as graphics output and gesture input,
preferable due to e.g. privacy issues. Researchers' interest is
progressively turning to the integration of speech with other modalities
such as gesture input and graphics output, partly to accommodate more
efficient interaction and partly to accommodate different user preferences. 

This book: 
*combines overview chapters of key areas in spoken multimodal dialogue
(systems and components, architectures, and evaluation) with chapters
focussed on particular applications or problems in the field; 
*focuses on the influence of the environment when building and evaluating
an application. 

Audience: Computer scientists, engineers, and others who work in the area
of spoken multimodal dialogue systems in academia and in the industry; 
graduate students and Ph.D. students specialising in spoken multimodal
dialogue systems in general, or focusing on issues in these systems in
mobile environments in particular. 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics

Written In: English  (eng)

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