Presentation 2002/1/18
The Role of Audio Effects in Interactive Voice Response Systems
Motoki TAKAYAMA, Takuya NISHIMOTO, Masahiro ARAKI, Yasuhisa NIIMI,
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Abstract(in English) Interactive voice response systems, which use speech synthesis and speech recognition over the telephone, are becoming popular. Such systems are able to connect to the Internet , so any telephone will be enabled to access Web-based services via voice browsers. Using the current technology, however, it is difficult to recognize and understand the user's spontaneous speech, so it is important to guide the appropriate usage of speech input to the user. In this work, we investigate the difficulties in using voice response systems, based on the Norman's model of human-interface activities. We then propose some usage of audio effects in the outputs of dialog systems, which assist in overcoming the difficulties. In addition, we have built an experimental voice response system and have evaluated our investigations with novice users of the system. Our proposed method results were shown to be effective in reducing the mistaken use of the vocabulary and inappropriate barge-ins.
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Keyword(in English) Interactive voice response system / Spoken dialogue / Audio effect / Speech recognition / Human-interface
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Title (in English) The Role of Audio Effects in Interactive Voice Response Systems
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Keyword(1) Interactive voice response system
Keyword(2) Spoken dialogue
Keyword(3) Audio effect
Keyword(4) Speech recognition
Keyword(5) Human-interface
1st Author's Name Motoki TAKAYAMA
1st Author's Affiliation Kyoto Institute of Technology()
2nd Author's Name Takuya NISHIMOTO
2nd Author's Affiliation Kyoto Institute of Technology
3rd Author's Name Masahiro ARAKI
3rd Author's Affiliation Kyoto Institute of Technology
4th Author's Name Yasuhisa NIIMI
4th Author's Affiliation Kyoto Institute of Technology
Date 2002/1/18
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Volume (vol) vol.101
Number (no) 604
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 8
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