A spoken dialogue system for the EMPATHIC virtual coach

Abstract

The EMPATHIC project is devoted to the development of future generations of personalised virtual coaches to help elderly people to live independently. In this paper we describe a proposal to deal with the Dialogue Management of the EMPATHIC Virtual Coach. The paper describes a DM system capable of dealing with both long-term goals and well-being plans, that can implement an effective motivational model. The system to be put into practice aims for high level healthy-ageing, utilising expressive multi-modal dialogue tailored for each specific user, working in tandem with short-term goal-oriented dialogue.