Dialogue Management and Language Generation for a Robust Conversational Virtual Coach: Validation and User Study
Designing human–machine interactive systems requires cooperation between different disciplines is required. In this work, we present a Dialogue Manager and a Language Generator that are the core modules of a Voice-based Spoken Dialogue System (SDS) capable of carrying out challenging, long and compl...
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| author | Alain Vázquez Asier López Zorrilla Javier Mikel Olaso María Inés Torres |
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| description | Designing human–machine interactive systems requires cooperation between different disciplines is required. In this work, we present a Dialogue Manager and a Language Generator that are the core modules of a Voice-based Spoken Dialogue System (SDS) capable of carrying out challenging, long and complex coaching conversations. We also develop an efficient integration procedure of the whole system that will act as an intelligent and robust Virtual Coach. The coaching task significantly differs from the classical applications of SDSs, resulting in a much higher degree of complexity and difficulty. The Virtual Coach has been successfully tested and validated in a user study with independent elderly, in three different countries with three different languages and cultures: Spain, France and Norway. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38269a4e30cd45d1a07692e461e163252023-11-16T18:00:53ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202023-01-01233142310.3390/s23031423Dialogue Management and Language Generation for a Robust Conversational Virtual Coach: Validation and User StudyAlain Vázquez0Asier López Zorrilla1Javier Mikel Olaso2María Inés Torres3Speech Interactive Research Group, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, SpainSpeech Interactive Research Group, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, SpainSpeech Interactive Research Group, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, SpainSpeech Interactive Research Group, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, 48940 Leioa, SpainDesigning human–machine interactive systems requires cooperation between different disciplines is required. In this work, we present a Dialogue Manager and a Language Generator that are the core modules of a Voice-based Spoken Dialogue System (SDS) capable of carrying out challenging, long and complex coaching conversations. We also develop an efficient integration procedure of the whole system that will act as an intelligent and robust Virtual Coach. The coaching task significantly differs from the classical applications of SDSs, resulting in a much higher degree of complexity and difficulty. The Virtual Coach has been successfully tested and validated in a user study with independent elderly, in three different countries with three different languages and cultures: Spain, France and Norway.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/3/1423human–machine interactionvirtual coachingspoken dialogue systemsnatural language generationartificial intelligenceuser study |
| spellingShingle | Alain Vázquez Asier López Zorrilla Javier Mikel Olaso María Inés Torres Dialogue Management and Language Generation for a Robust Conversational Virtual Coach: Validation and User Study Sensors human–machine interaction virtual coaching spoken dialogue systems natural language generation artificial intelligence user study |
| title | Dialogue Management and Language Generation for a Robust Conversational Virtual Coach: Validation and User Study |
| title_full | Dialogue Management and Language Generation for a Robust Conversational Virtual Coach: Validation and User Study |
| title_fullStr | Dialogue Management and Language Generation for a Robust Conversational Virtual Coach: Validation and User Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dialogue Management and Language Generation for a Robust Conversational Virtual Coach: Validation and User Study |
| title_short | Dialogue Management and Language Generation for a Robust Conversational Virtual Coach: Validation and User Study |
| title_sort | dialogue management and language generation for a robust conversational virtual coach validation and user study |
| topic | human–machine interaction virtual coaching spoken dialogue systems natural language generation artificial intelligence user study |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/23/3/1423 |
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