Combining Speech and Vision Processing in a Platform for Intelligent Multi Media
Tom Brøndsted, Lars Bo Larsen, Michael J. Manthey, Paul Mc Kevitt, Thomas Baltzer Moeslund, Kristian G. Olesen · 1998
In this paper we present the "Intellimedia WorkBench" which has been developed at Aalborg University. The workbench makes a set of tools available which can be used in di#erent applications within the area of intelligent multi media. The goals of the workbench are to facilitate research on integration of visual and spoken information, and as a platform where Intelligent-multimedia-students can develop projects. 1 Background Driven by the current move towards multi modal interaction an activity was initiated at Aalborg University to integrate the expertise present in a number of previously separate research groups #IMM 1997#. Among these are speech and natural language processing, spoken dialogue systems, vision based gesture recognition, decision support and machine learning systems. This activity has resulted in the establishment of an #Intellimedia WorkBench". The workbenchisaphysical as well as a software platform enabling research and education within the area of multi modal use...