NewsTalk--a speech interface to a personalized information agent
Jeffrey Alan Herman · DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) · 1995
Abstract: Personalized information agents have proven to be useful tools for a number of tasks. To date, these tools have required a person to use a visual display in the current situation. However, this reliance on the use of the eyes is inappropriate in common situations (e.g., while driving a car) and impossible for some people (those who are blind or visually impaired). NewsTalk, a speech-only interface to the day's news, enables a person to access personalized information without the use of the eyes. The interface creates a spoken conversation metaphor, and makes use of speech recognition, synthesis, and digitized speech to enable communication. Qualitative and quantitative studies