Recent development of capture and archival technology for experiences can serve to extend our memory and knowledge and enrich our collaboration with others. Conversation is an impo...
The process of converting an analog map into structured digitized information requires several di erent operations, which are all time-consuming when performed manually. Strictly ...
Talking virtual characters are graphical simulations of real or imaginary persons capable of human-like behaviour, most importantly talking and gesturing. Coupled with artificial ...
We investigate genre effects on the task of automatic sentence segmentation, focusing on two important domains – broadcast news (BN) and broadcast conversation (BC). We employ a...
This paper proposes an approach for the automatic recognition of roles in settings like news and talk-shows, where roles correspond to specific functions like Anchorman, Guest or ...