ISCA Archive Eurospeech 1997
ISCA Archive Eurospeech 1997

Database management and analysis for spoken dialog systems: methodology and tools

Chih-mei Lin, Shrikanth Narayanan, Russell Ritenour

A methodology for creating and managing an integrated database for spoken dialog systems is proposed. Using an example of a telecommunication service application, details of organizing, maintaining, and visualizing the dialog system data are presented. Examples illustrating the use of the unified database structure for dialog reproduction and performance evaluation are provided.