Dialog systems for surveys: The Rate-A-Course system

2006 IEEE ACL Spoken Language Technology Workshop, SLT 2006, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 210-213

  Stent, Amanda ^a   Stenchikova, Svetlana ^a   Marge, Matthew ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

Speech communication

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; RESEARCH; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

DIALOG SYSTEMS; SPOKEN DIALOG SYSTEM; SPOKEN LANGUAGES;

SURVEYS;

DIALOGUE SYSTEMS; LEARN+; SPOKEN DIALOGUE SYSTEM;

EID: 48749098526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SLT.2006.326792     Document Type: Conference Paper

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