SLS :: Research Initiatives

MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

SLS RESEARCH

Since its formation in 1989, the SLS group has focused its research on the creation of technology that enables humans to interact with computers using natural spoken language. In pursuit of this goal SLS students and researchers are actively engaged in a number of research projects. Some of the current projects are:

Core Technology Development

To support its research on spoken language systems for human/computer interaction, the SLS group has developed its own suite of core speech technologies. These technologies include:

The core speech technologies can be integrated to create conversational systems using the GALAXY architecture for conversational speech systems. The creation of GALAXY has enabled developers to rapidly create conversational systems for a wide variety of applications.

Application Development

To demonstrate the capabilities of the technologies they have developed, the SLS group has developed a wide variety of spoken language applications. These applications include:

A telephone-based weather information system called JUPITER.
A telephone-based airline flight planning system called MERCURY.
A web-based lecture browser that allows users to search spoken terms from selected MIT OpenCourseWare and MITWorld videos .
A customizable web-based game called WordWar that allows students to practice speaking their Mandarin vocabulary.


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