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International Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services

IDMS 1999: Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services pp 235–243Cite as

The “Virtual Interactive Presenter”: A Conversational Interface for Interactive Television

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With the advent of multi-channel digital TV, accessing Electronic Programme Guides (EPGs) will become increasingly complex. This paper describes ongoing work in the development of a conversational interface for Interactive TV. We claim that a conversational interface can support incremental refinement of user selections thus assisting user choice without requiring knowledge of editorial categories. We describe the system architecture, which integrates various components dedicated to language processing, EPG access and animation of the conversational character. Finally, we discuss the control strategy for the whole system from the perspective of human-computer dialogue.

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  1. Electronic Imaging and Media Communications Department, University of Bradford, UK-BD7 1DP, Bradford, UK

    Marc Cavazza

  2. Sony Digital Network Solutions Europe, UK- RG22 4SB, Jays Close, Viables, Basingstoke, Hants, UK

    Walter Perotto & Neil Cashman

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  1. Laboratoire d’Analyse et d’Architecture des Systèmes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 7, avenue du Colonel Roche, F-31077, Toulouse Cedex 04, France

    Michel Diaz  & Philippe Owezarski  & 

  2. ENSICA, F-31077, Toulouse Cedex, France

    Patrick Sénac

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Cavazza, M., Perotto, W., Cashman, N. (1999). The “Virtual Interactive Presenter”: A Conversational Interface for Interactive Television. In: Diaz, M., Owezarski, P., Sénac, P. (eds) Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services. IDMS 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1718. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48109-5_19

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