| Title | A Graphical Tool for Handling Rule Grammars in Java Speech Grammar Format |
| Author(s) |
Kallirroi Georgila, Nikos Fakotakis, George Kokkinakis
Wire Communications Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., University of Patras, 265 00 Rion, Patras, Greece |
| Session | P9-SE |
| Abstract | This paper describes a graphical tool used for generating and depicting rule grammars in the Java Speech Grammar Format (JSGF), which has been developed in the framework of the EC-funded research project GEMINI (Generic Environment for Multilingual Interactive Natural Interfaces, IST-2001-32343). A vocabulary builder component that produces the phonetic transcription of the words included in the grammar file is also incorporated into the tool. Currently, the tool supports embedded grapheme-to-phoneme conversion only for Greek in SAMPA format. However, a language-independent function is included that enables the user to write context-dependent rules for symbol conversions (both grapheme-to-phoneme and phoneme-to-grapheme). Manual vs. tool-based handling of grammars are compared and evaluated in terms of time required for grammar creation and efficiency. |
| Keyword(s) | Rule grammars, Java Speech Grammar Format (JSGF), grapheme-to-phoneme, phoneme-to-grapheme, context-dependent rules |
| Language(s) | Language-independent |
| Full Paper | 645.pdf |