When Will ITS Speak Your Language
Tamás Váradi, Marko Tadić, András Gulyás, Mihai Alexandru Niculescu · Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) · 2015
The paper proposes a solution to the issue of language which is underrated in the present-day practice and policy of ITS.Drawing on best practices and mature technology in ITS and language technology respectively, an Internet based cross-border real-time traffic information system is envisaged in which road users will receive traffic information spoken in their native language through their journey across Europe.In addition, the service will bring to their car information relevant to their current position and destination.The combination of high quality machine translation and speech technology, coupled with the DATEX II ontology, promises a feasible and sustainable system, ready to be scaled up to a pan-European level.The system is amenable to deployment in a wide variety of settings including being embedded in the quickly spreading global navigation satellite systems.