Using Dialogue System Technology to Support Interactive History Learning

Abstract

We describe the use of spoken dialogue technology to enhance informal history learning. We describe several uses for this technology, including allowing learners to engage in natural interactions at a historical site, allowing learners to talk with recreations of historical figures, and using oral history recordings of a witness to create a dialogue experience. Two projects are highlighted, one to give a guided experience of a historical location, and another, New Dimensions in Testimony, that allows an experience similar to face to face conversation with a Holocaust survivor. These techniques allow many of the benefits of an intimate connection to historical places and people, through direct interaction and user initiative, but can also be delivered to amass audience, formerly only reachable by broadcast, non-interactive media.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1160046

Entities

People

  • David R Traum

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Computational Science
  • Computers
  • Dialogue Systems
  • Education
  • Hot Water
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Materials
  • Mobile Phones
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Languages
  • Recreation
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • United States

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Speech Processing/Speech Recognition.