CASSANDRA: A multipurpose configurable voice-enabled human-computer-interface

Tiberiu Boros, Stefan Daniel Dumitrescu, Sonia Pipa


Abstract
Voice enabled human computer interfaces (HCI) that integrate automatic speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis and natural language understanding have become a commodity, introduced by the immersion of smart phones and other gadgets in our daily lives. Smart assistants are able to respond to simple queries (similar to text-based question-answering systems), perform simple tasks (call a number, reject a call etc.) and help organizing appointments. With this paper we introduce a newly created process automation platform that enables the user to control applications and home appliances and to query the system for information using a natural voice interface. We offer an overview of the technologies that enabled us to construct our system and we present different usage scenarios in home and office environments.
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E17-3009
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Proceedings of the Software Demonstrations of the 15th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics
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April
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2017
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Valencia, Spain
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André Martins, Anselmo Peñas
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EACL
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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33–36
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Tiberiu Boros, Stefan Daniel Dumitrescu, and Sonia Pipa. 2017. CASSANDRA: A multipurpose configurable voice-enabled human-computer-interface. In Proceedings of the Software Demonstrations of the 15th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics, pages 33–36, Valencia, Spain. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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