abbreviation(s): SLD

definition: Spoken Language Dialogue covers man-machine dialog systems using speech as main means of user interaction as well as systems analysing spoken dialogues between humans. Such systems presuppose speech recognition, speech synthesis and spoken language understanding.

related project(s):

• Speech UNderstanding in DIALogue (Sundial)
• Natural Spoken Dialogue and Interactive Planning (TRAINS)
• Thematic Indexing of Spoken Language (THISL)
• SmartKom
• VERBMOBIL
• Specification, Interaction and Reconfiguration in Dialogue Understanding Systems (SIRIDUS)
• Talk and Look - Tools for Ambient Linguistic Knowledge (TALK)
• Openbaar Vervoer Informatie Systeem (OVIS)
• Task Oriented Instructional Dialogue (TRINDI)
• EVAR

related organisation(s):

• Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory (NISLab NIS)
• Human Communication Research Centre (HCRC)
• Center for Spoken Language Understanding (CSLU)
• Center for Spoken Language and Research (CSLR)
• LIMSI Spoken Language Processing Group (TLP)
• SRI International

related system(s) / resource(s):

• Nuance Products
• IBM Voice Systems
• TellMe.
• Sympalog Speech Solutions

relevant source(s):

• Dialogue system related links
• Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGdial)
• Dialogue Systems
• Speech and Emotion: A conceptual framework for research
• Elsnet
• VoiceXML

related publication(s):

Language and Speech.
http://www.asel.udel.edu/lgsp/

Computer Speech & Language.
http://www.academicpress.com/csl

International Journal of Speech Technology.
http://elib.cs.sfu.ca/cs-journals/P-Kluwer/J-Kluwer-IJST.html

Proceedings of EuroSpeech. (Annual Conference)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Speech and Language Processing.

Verbmobil: Foundations of Speech-to-Speech Translation.
Wolfgang Wahlster.
Heidelberg: Springer. Artificial Intelligence. 2000.