Turning Speech Into Scripts

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dc.creatorRayner, Manny
dc.creatorHockey, Beth Ann
dc.creatorJames, Frankie
dc.date2000-06-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:16:17Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:16:17Z
dc.descriptionWe describe an architecture for implementing spoken natural language dialogue interfaces to semi-autonomous systems, in which the central idea is to transform the input speech signal through successive levels of representation corresponding roughly to linguistic knowledge, dialogue knowledge, and domain knowledge. The final representation is an executable program in a simple scripting language equivalent to a subset of Cshell. At each stage of the translation process, an input is transformed into an output, producing as a byproduct a "meta-output" which describes the nature of the transformation performed. We show how consistent use of the output/meta-output distinction permits a simple and perspicuous treatment of apparently diverse topics including resolution of pronouns, correction of user misconceptions, and optimization of scripts. The methods described have been concretely realized in a prototype speech interface to a simulation of the Personal Satellite Assistant.
dc.descriptionWorking notes from AAAI Spring Symposium
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0006017
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0006017
dc.identifierAAAI Spring Symposium on Natural Dialogues with Practical Robotic Devices, March 20-22, 2000. Stanford, CA
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/30291
dc.subjectComputation and Language
dc.subjectH.5.2; I.2.7
dc.titleTurning Speech Into Scripts
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