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Multimodal Interaction

Modalities vs Media

Modalities are ways of encoding informatione.g. graphics

Media are instantiations of modalitiese.g. a particular image

How Do Multimodal Systems Differ?

Domain/application Available media Modeling of context/environment Modeling of user Focus of research

Example Multimodal Systems

Not speech-centricMIT paintbrush, soundbrush

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04v_v1gnyO8

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZbe3t8YSf4

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18RY8Jgid20

Wearables• http://www.gatech.edu/innovations/wearable/

Example Multimodal Systems

Speech-centricMSOIPCOMICSmartKom

MSOIP Keywords

Multimodal mobile dialog Integration of speech and pen input User modeling for presentations

Johnston et al. 2001

MATCH Video

http://www.research.att.com/~johnston/Scroll down to the bottom of the page

About MATCH

What input modalities? What output modalities? What application(s)? What aspects of context?

COMIC Keywords

Ambient intelligence HHI/HCI research

Collaborative problem solving User modeling Avatar

Alexandersson et al. 2004

COMIC Video

http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk/comic/demos/facial-animation/

COMIC Video

http://www.hcrc.ed.ac.uk/comic/demos/slot/

About COMIC

What input modalities? What output modalities? What applications? What aspects of context?

SmartKom Keywords

Multimodal dialog across applications devices and situations

Avatar Situation aware

Alexandersson et al., Reithinger et al. 2003

SmartKom Video

http://www.smartkom.org/start_en.htmlI showed the SK-Mobile one, but theother one is also interesting.

About SmartKom

What input modalities? What output modalities? What applications? What aspects of context?

Parts of a Multimodal System

Interpreter

DialogManager

Generator

KnowledgeBase

SpeechIn

SpeechOut

GestureIn

PresentOut

TextIn

TextOut

HCI and Multimodal Systems

Input integration/fusion Representations Effective help Quality presentations Managing context Understanding the user

Different Uses of Modalities

Concurrent or sequential

Redundant or Complementary or Contradicting

Input Integration/Fusion

Key elements:TimeMultiple uses of some modalitiesError rates

Typical approach is to map straight to semantics if possible

Representation

Increasing use of XML-based languages (SMIL, EMMA)But these don’t solve the semantic

problems Keep ‘backbone’ knowledge separate

from ‘peripheral’ information (Alexandersson et al.)

Effective Help

How do each of the systems provide the user with:Explicit help?Implicit help?

Quality Presentations

Talking headsAdvantagesDisadvantages

Informative presentations are key User modeling/adaptive presentations

are a bonus These systems go beyond scripts

Managing Context

What kinds of context are there in a mobile multimodal interaction?

Understanding the User

What kinds of information can we gather about users in general?

About one user in particular? How can we use this information?

Commercial Multimodal Systems Most are for research

Military• Training and battlefield

Education• Tutoring systems

Commercial ones include: Wii: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=n4nZVAEeitU Microsoft surface:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP5y7yp06n0

TradeOffs

You get:More intuitive technologyMore information, more easilyLess (dumb stuff) for you to do

You trade:PrivacyControl

Towards the Future

DesignMultimodal systems in virtual worlds,

or crossing over from virtual to real worlds

Ambient multimodal interaction Implementation

Mashups – user controlledPervasive multimedia

Towards the Future

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMJwURqpFWs

http://www.programmableweb.com/mashups

SciFi?

Lathe of Heaven by Ursula LeGuin Summa Technologiae by Stanislaw Lem Fast Times at Fairmont High by Vernor

Vinge The Human Machine Merger, talk by

Raymond Kurzweil (at http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=memelist.html?m=6%23581)

Additional Info

http://search.techrepublic.com.com/search/multimodal+system.html

http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/