A multimodal dialogue system for an ambient intelligent application in home environments

Abstract

This paper presents a multimodal dialogue system called Mayordomo which aims at easing the interaction with home appliances using speech and a graphical interface within an Ambient Intelligence environment. We present the methods employed for implementing the system describing the design of the user-system interactions as well as additional features such as the management of user profiles to restrict the access to domestic appliances and customize the recognition grammars and the generated responses. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.