Related Speech Technology Projects
CeMVocAS
(Centralised Management of Vocal Interfaces aiming at a Better Automotive Safety)
Duration: December 1997, 12 months
Funding: EC ESPRIT 4th framework programme
Partners: AKG (A), Fiat (IT), INRETS (FR), Matra Nortel (FR), MetraVIB (FR), Renault (FR), Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (P)
Website: http://www.inrets.fr/ur/lescot/CeMVocAS/Pagedepa.htm
CORETEX
Duration: April 2000, 36 months
Funding: EC IST programme
Partners: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen – RWTH (DE), University of Cambridge (UK), Istituto Trentino di Cultura – ITC-irst (IT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – CNRS/LIMSI (FR)
Website: http://coretex.itc.it
DARPA Communicator
Duration: 1998, 72 months
Funding: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the United States Government
Participants (Communicator sites): Carnegie Mellon University (US), Center for Speech and Language Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder (US), MIT Spoken Language Systems (US), Artificial Intelligence Centre at SRI International (US), MITRE (US), IBM (US), AT&T (US), BBN (US)
Website: http://fofoca.mitre.org
CU-Move project
DISC
(Spoken Language Dialogue Systems and Components: Best practice in development and evaluation)
Duration: June 1997, 42 months
Funding: EC/HLT
Partners: Natural Interactive Systems Laboratory (NISLab) (DK), Human-Machine Communication Department at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS-LIMSI) (FR), Institut für Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung (IMS) Universität Stuttgart (DE), Department of Speech, Music and Hearing Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH), Vocalis Ltd (UK), DaimlerChrysler AG (DE), ELSNET
Website: http://www.disc2.dk
NESPOLE!
(NEgotiating through SPOken Language in E-commerce)
Duration: January 2000, 36 months
Funding: EC IST programme, NFS
Partners: ITC-irst (IT), Carnegie Mellon University (US), Universität Karlsruhe (DE), Université Joseph Fourier (FR), Aethra (IT), Azienda per la Promozione Turistica (APT) del Trentino (IT)
Website: http://nespole.itc.it
RESPITE
(REcognition of Speech by Partial Information TEchniques)
Duration: January 1999, 36 months
Funding: EC ESPRIT programme
Partners: University of Sheffield (UK), DaimlerChrysler AG (DE), FPM (BE), IPC (FR), BaBel Technologies(B), IDIAP (CH), ICSI (US)
Website: http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/groups/spandh/projects/respite
SENECA
(Speech control modules for Entertainment, Navigation and communication Equipment in CArs)
Duration: May 1998, 42 months
Funding: EC ESPRIT 5th framework programme
Partners: Robert Bosch GmbH (DE), DaimlerChrysler AG (DE), TEMIC Telefunken (DE), Motorola Germany (DE), Motorola Semiconductor Israel (IL), Centro Ricerche Fiat CRF (IT), Renault Recherche Innovation (FR)
Website: http://www.seneca-project.de
SIRIDUS
(Specification, Interaction and Reconfiguration In Dialogue Understanding Systems)
Duration: January 2000, 36 months
Funding: EC IST programme
Partners: SRI International (UK), Universidad de Sevilla (ES), Goeteborg University (SE), Universität des Saarlandes (DE), Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo (ES)
Website: http://www.cam.sri.com/siridus/index.html
SMADA
(Speech Driven Multimodal Automatic Directory Assistance)
Duration: January 2000, 36 months
Funding: EC IST prgramme
Partners: Koninklijke KPN (NL), Stichting Katholieke Universiteit (NL), France Télécom – CNET (FR), Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse (FR), Alcatel Deutschland (DE), Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni – CSELT (IT), Politecnico di Torino (IT), Swisscom (CH).
Website: http://smada.research.kpn.com
SmartKom
(Human Machine Interaction using coordinated analysis and generation of multiple modalities)
Duration: January 2000, 48 months
Funding: BMBF+industry
Partners: DFKI (DE), DaimlerChrysler AG (DE), Philips GmbH (DE), Siemens AG (DE), Sony International GmbH (DE), European Media Lab(DE), MediaInterface Dresden GmbH (DE), FAU, IMS (DE), LMU (DE), ICSI (US)
Website: http://smartkom.dfki.de
SpeechDat-Car
(Speech Databases for Voice Driven Teleservices and Control in Automotive Environments)
Duration: March 1998, 30 months
Funding: EC Telematics Applications programme
Partners: Lernout & Hauspie France (FR), Alcatel Mobile Phones (FR), University of Aalborg (DK), Robert Bosch GmbH (DE), BMW (DE), Digital Media Institute (FI), ITC-irst (IT), Lernout & Hauspie (BE), Knowledge (GR), Nokia (FI), Renault Recherche Innovation (FR), Seat (ES), Speech Processing Expertise Centre-SPEX (NL), Universität München (DE), Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (ES), Vocalis (UK), VW (DE)
Website: http://speechdat.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/SP-CAR
SPEECON
(SPEEch Driven Interfaces for CONsumer Applications)
Duration: February 2000, 24 months
Funding: EC IST programme+industry
Partners: Siemens AG (DE), Ericsson (DE), IBM (DE), Nokia (FI), Lernout & Hauspie (BE), Matra Nortel Communications (FR), DaimlerChrysler AG (DE), Philips Speech Processing (DE), Sony International (DE)
Website: http://www.speecon.com
SPOTLIGHT
(Mass Market eCommerce Services Using Multi-language Natural Spoken Dialogues)
Duration: January 2000, 36 months
Funding: EC IST programme
Partners: University of Edinburgh (UK), Lloyds-TSB Group (UK), British Midland Airways (UK), Periphonics Voice Processing Systems (UK), Advance Bank (DE), Deutsche Bahn Reise & Touristik (DE), Centro Studi E Laboratori Telecomunicazioni – CSELT (IT), Comune di Roma (IT), SARITEL (IT).
Website: http://spotlight.ccir.cd.ac.uk