Human-computer interaction systems and elderly users: linguistic specifications for prosodic modelling

Abstract

The present linguistic specifications and language-independent parameters for prosodic modelling aim to provide a general framework for facilitating both the construction and the evaluation processes of the Dialog Interface of HumanComputer Interaction Systems in Service for the Elderly and the related prosodic modelling. The proposed specifications target to the features of Comprehensibility and User-friendliness in the spoken output and the overall safety, efficiency and reliability of the System’s performance.