System and method for providing information using spoken dialogue interface

摘要

There are provided a system and method for providing information using a spoken dialogue interface. The system includes a speech recognizer for transforming voice signals into sentences; a sentence analyzer for analyzing the sentences by their structural elements; a dialogue manager for extracting information on speech acts or intentions from the structural elements, and generating information on system's speech acts or intentions for a response to the extracted information on speech acts or intentions; a sentence generator for generating sentences based on the information on the system's speech acts or intentions for the response; a speech synthesizer for synthesizing the generated sentences into voices; an information extractor for extracting information required for the response from the Internet in real time; and a user modeling means for analyzing and classifying users' tendencies. Information demanded by a user can be detected in real time and provided through a voice interface with versatile and familiar dialogues based on the user's tendencies. <IMAGE>