Spoken dialogue systems allow users to interact with computer-based applications such as
databases and expert systems by using natural spoken language. The origins of spoken …

This paper presents some research undertaken as part of the EU-funded HOMEY project,
into the application of intelligent dialogue systems to healthcare systems. The work …

Speech can be an efficient and natural means for communication between humans and
computers. The development of speech applications requires techniques, methodology, and …

Intelligent dialogue systems must be able to respond properly to a variety of requests
involving knowledge of the dialogue, the task at hand, and the domain. This requires …

We report on a method for utilising corpora collected in natural settings. It is based on
distilling (re-writing) natural dialogues to elicit the type of dialogue that would occur if one …

Dialogue systems utilise a variety of knowledge sources and models. However, there is a
confusion concerning the purposes and contributions of specific models and the …

Speech can be an efficient and natural way for communication between humans and
computers. Many practical applications have been constructed, but the full potential of …

We present three speech-based bus timetable systems with different approaches. The first
system had open user-initiative dialogues aiming at natural interaction. The user tests …

A functional prototype of a dialogue system with a natural language interface was
implemented for the Nokia Mediaterminal. The prototype was developed from a generic …

This paper applies the theory of information space for a study of dialogue management in
major approaches, ranging from the classical approach based upon finite state machine to …