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Abstract : |
kathy, pan, shawcs, columbia, edu This paper identifies issues for language generation that arose in developing a multimedia interface to healthcare data that includes coordinated speech, text and graphics. In order to produce brief speech for time-pressured caregivers, the system both combines related informa-tion into a single sentence and uses ab-breviated references in speech when an unambiguous textual reference is also used. Finally, due to the temporal nature of the speech, the language generation module needs to communicate informa-tion about the ordering and duration of references to other temporal media, such as graphics, in order to allow for coordi-nation between media. 1, |
