• DocumentCode
    2336809
  • Title

    Virtual conversation with a real talking head

  • Author

    Gambino, O. ; Augello, A. ; Caronia, A. ; Pilato, G. ; Pirrone, R. ; Gaglio, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    25-27 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    263
  • Lastpage
    268
  • Abstract
    A talking head is system performing an animated face model synchronized with a speech synthesis module. It is used as a presentation layer of a conversational agent which provide an answer. It provides an answer when a query is written as an input by the user. The textual answer is converted into facial movements of a 3D face model whose lips and tongue movements are synchronized with the sound of the synthetic voice. The client-server paradigm has been used for the WEB infrastructure delegating the animation and synchronization to the client, so that the server can satisfy multiple requests from clients; while the Chatbot, the digital signal processing and the natural language processing are provided by the server.
  • Keywords
    client-server systems; computer animation; natural language processing; software agents; speech synthesis; virtual reality; 3D face model; Chatbot; client-server paradigm; digital signal processing; face model animation; natural language processing; real talking head; speech synthesis module; textual answer; virtual conversation; Artificial neural networks; Computer architecture; Computer science; Digital signal processing; Face; Facial animation; Head; Humans; Interpolation; Speech synthesis; Key words or phrases in alphabetical order; separated by commas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Human System Interactions, 2008 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Krakow
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1542-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1543-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HSI.2008.4581446
  • Filename
    4581446