Project period: 96 01 - 96 12
Keywords: Dialogue system, multimodal database interface, speech recognition, speech synthesis, character animation
Project description
The ultimate aim of the Olga project is to build an easy to use dialogue
interface to a database for the general public. The user interacts with
a talking animated agent Olga, visible on a display, either with text,
speech or a pointing device. The demonstrator application is a database
with consumer information about around 100 microwave ovens, and also general
information about microwave cooking. The display will be used for graphic
information and animations of microwaves and their usage. Face synthesis
will be used to synchronise the face and mouth movements of Olga with her
synthesised speech.
Source of funding: NUTEK, KK-stiftelsen, Telia