Overview

In this book, a novel approach that combines speech-based emotion recognition with adaptive human-computer dialogue modeling is described. With the robust recognition of emotions from speech signals as their goal, the authors analyze the effectiveness of using a plain emotion recognizer, a speech-emotion recognizer combining speech and emotion recognition, and multiple speech-emotion recognizers at the same time. The semi-stochastic dialogue model employed relates user emotion management to the corresponding dialogue interaction history and allows the device to adapt itself to the context, including altering the stylistic realization of its speech. This comprehensive volume begins by introducing spoken language dialogue systems and providing an overview of human emotions, theories, categorization and emotional speech. It moves on to cover the adaptive semi-stochastic dialogue model and the basic concepts of speech-emotion recognition. Finally, the authors show how speech-emotion recognizers can be optimized, and how an adaptive dialogue manager can be implemented. The book, with its novel methods to perform robust speech-based emotion recognition at low complexity, will be of interest to a variety of readers involved in human-computer interaction.

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Author:   Johannes Pittermann ,  Angela Pittermann ,  Wolfgang Minker
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2010 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.280kg
ISBN:  

9789048131280

ISBN 10:   9048131286
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   19 November 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Human Emotions.- Adaptive Human-Computer Dialogue.- Hybrid Approach to Speech–Emotion Recognition.- Implementation.- Evaluation.- Conclusion and Future Directions.

Reviews

...the book offers a complete and up-to-date view of the emotion recognition problems and some interesting insights on how to solve them. Handling Emotions in Human-Computer Dialogues is an excellent book both for experts and for readers who want to specialize within the area of affective spoken dialogue systems. (Federica Cavicchio, Language Resources and Evaluation, 2011.)

...the book offers a complete and up-to-date view of the emotion recognition problems and some interesting insights on how to solve them. Handling Emotions in Human-Computer Dialogues is an excellent book both for experts and for readers who want to specialize within the area of affective spoken dialogue systems. (Federica Cavicchio, Language Resources and Evaluation, 2011.)

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