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The first generation of Location-based Services (LBSs) did not succeed on the market. In order to prepare LBSs of the next generation for the challenges of pervasive service execution in different situations (e.g. while walking on the street or while driving a car) the user interface must provide a second modality of interaction besides the visual interface. In this paper, we describe the challenges and a possible solution for combining LBSs with a spoken-dialogue user interface.

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  1. Center for Digital Technology and Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Munich, Germany

    Patrick Nepper

  2. Mobile and Distributed Systems Group, Ludwrig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich, Oettingenstr. 67, 80538, Munich, Germany

    Georg Treu & Axel Küpper

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Nepper, P., Treu, G. & Küpper, A. Adding Speech to Location-based Services. Wireless Pers Commun 44, 245–261 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-007-9378-9

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