scholarly journals Lexical Explorer: extending access to the Database for Spoken German for user-specific purposes

Corpora ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-76
Author(s):  
Dolores Lemmenmeier-Batinić
Keyword(s):  
German Language ◽  
Word Form ◽  
Underlying Principle ◽  
Speech Corpora ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Corpus Data ◽  
Interactive Browsing ◽  
Spoken Interaction ◽  
User Friendly

This paper presents Lexical Explorer, 2 a tool that allows interactive browsing and filtering of quantitative corpus information. It further describes how this tool can be used to support linguistic work on corpora of spoken German. By using Lexical Explorer, users can analyse quantitative corpus data by interacting with frequency tables and obtaining customised word profiles of word distribution across word form variation, co-occurrences and metadata. Interaction with corpus examples of particular corpus counts is also enabled. Lexical Explorer was developed as a prototype for user-specific corpus access and is aimed at researchers of German lexicon in spoken interaction. Although Lexical Explorer was developed on the basis of two small speech corpora of the German language, the underlying principle of this tool can be easily adapted to other corpora and other user groups. Moreover, the tool can be used to gain insights into the corpus structure as well as to study and verify corpus content in a transparent and user-friendly way.

scholarly journals An empirical generative framework for computational modeling of language acquisition

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 671-703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi R. Waterfall ◽  
Ben Sandbank ◽  
Luca Onnis ◽  
Shimon Edelman
Keyword(s):  
Language Acquisition ◽  
Computer Model ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Generative Grammar ◽  
Generation Model ◽  
Computational Results ◽  
Modeling Framework ◽  
Speech Corpora ◽  
Quantitative Performance ◽  
Corpus Data

ABSTRACTThis paper reports progress in developing a computer model of language acquisition in the form of (1) a generative grammar that is (2) algorithmically learnable from realistic corpus data, (3) viable in its large-scale quantitative performance and (4) psychologically real. First, we describe new algorithmic methods for unsupervised learning of generative grammars from raw CHILDES data and give an account of the generative performance of the acquired grammars. Next, we summarize findings from recent longitudinal and experimental work that suggests how certain statistically prominent structural properties of child-directed speech may facilitate language acquisition. We then present a series of new analyses of CHILDES data indicating that the desired properties are indeed present in realistic child-directed speech corpora. Finally, we suggest how our computational results, behavioral findings, and corpus-based insights can be integrated into a next-generation model aimed at meeting the four requirements of our modeling framework.

scholarly journals Harnessing Energy from Everyday Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 2115 (1) ◽  
pp. 012032
Author(s):  
Madhusree Sankar Roy ◽  
A R Mirunalini ◽  
Pavan Sai Krishna ◽  
Ritama Ghosh ◽  
B Akash Saravanan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Piezoelectric Sensors ◽  
Grocery Shopping ◽  
Light Weight ◽  
Android Application ◽  
System A ◽  
Underlying Principle ◽  
User Friendly

Abstract Renewable energy will drive the future. The applications of mobile phone is no longer limited to communication between each other but can also be used on an everyday basis starting from grocery shopping to watching series for entertainment. Thus our mobile phones require constant charging of power. It is almost impossible to increase the mAh capacity of the battery indefinitely; therefore the need of a battery re-charging source is inevitable. The objective of this research work is to design a sustainable, portable charger in which power is generated with the help of piezoelectric sensors embedded into the shoes of an individual. The underlying principle is to transduce the pressure applied on the piezoelectric sensors to power. This power can be used to charge mobile phones using a USB cable at any convenient time. The light weight compatibility of the device makes it easily portable. In the proposed system, a grid of piezoelectric sensors of suitable size is incorporated in the shoes and an Android application is developed to monitor the power generated as well as to suggest the optimal walking pace for the user to increase power generation. The key highlight of this prototype is that it is user friendly and is paired with an Android application to facilitate maximum power generation.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE VOLUNTEERED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR THE DUTCH TOPOGRAPHICAL KEY REGISTER

2015 ◽  
Vol XL-3/W3 ◽  
pp. 51-54
Author(s):  
M. Grus ◽  
D. te Winkel
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Open Data ◽  
Feedback System ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Information Feedback ◽  
User Groups ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Information Project

Since Topographical Key Register has become an open data the amount of users increased enormously. The highest grow was in the private users group. The increasing number of users and their growing demand for high actuality of the topographic data sets motivates the Dutch Kadaster to innovate and improve the Topographical Key Register (BRT). One of the initiatives was to provide a voluntary geographical information project aiming at providing a user-friendly feedback system adjusted to all kinds of user groups. The feedback system is a compulsory element of the Topographical Key Register in the Netherlands. The Dutch Kadaster is obliged to deliver a feedback system and the key-users are obliged to use it. The aim of the feedback system is to improve the quality and stimulate the usage of the data. The results of the pilot shows that the user-friendly and open to everyone feedback system contributes enormously to improve the quality of the topographic dataset.

scholarly journals Smartphones and medical apps in modern medicine: breaking the health norms (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yogesh Acharya
Keyword(s):  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Strong Predictor ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Medical Apps ◽  
Target User ◽  
Mobile Health Apps ◽  
User Groups ◽  
User Friendly

UNSTRUCTURED Smartphones technology (s-tech) has been applied effectively in health education, personal health monitoring, tele-medicine, drug compliance monitoring and data collection in modern times. With an approximately more than 40,000 available mobile health apps, s-tech has established itself as a strong predictor of modern health monitoring. It is necessary that s-tech should be evidence based, scientific, user friendly and crater the health needs of target user groups. Although smartphones open a wide opportunity for effective health system delivery, there are clear concerns regarding the validation and effectiveness of these available mobile apps.

scholarly journals IM-sgi: an interface model for shape grammar implementations

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
Joana Tching ◽  
Joaquim Reis ◽  
Alexandra Paio
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Interaction Model ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Shape Grammar ◽  
Design Tools ◽  
Design Alternatives ◽  
Design Generation ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
User Groups ◽  
User Friendly

AbstractInformation technologies are a driving force for progress in the design field, allowing new modes of creativity. However, most of the existing computational design tools are focused on the latest stages of the design process and especially directed to drafting operations. Conceptual design tools that support the designer in the creative and inventive early stages of the design project are still in their early development. Shape grammars (SG) were introduced by George Stiny in the 1970s, allowing the generation of designs according to a set of predefined rules. SG computational implementations have the potential to answer the need for tools that can assist designers, architects, and artists in the creative process, offering design alternatives, stimulating new ideas and encouraging the search for new design generation processes. Acknowledging this potential, a user-friendly interface seems essential for the adoption of these tools. Taking Scott Chase's interaction model as background, the aim of the present investigation is to define guidelines and begin to design a graphical-user interface for SG implementations. Inspection methods of human–computer interaction (HCI) were used to analyze existing SG implementations and understand usability issues. Subsequently, HCI ergonomic criteria for interface evaluation were adapted to establish guidelines for the design of an SG implementation interface, called IM-sqi. These guidelines take into account different user groups, adjustable interaction modes for each user group, and the nature of each task performed by the user.

scholarly journals Using Personas in the Design Process. Towards the Development of Green Product Personality for In-Car User Interfaces

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 2911-2920
Author(s):  
Franka Wehr ◽  
Martin Luccarelli
Keyword(s):  
User Interfaces ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Environmental Friendliness ◽  
Important Interaction ◽  
Product Personality ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Present Design ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
User Friendly

AbstractThe desire to combine advanced user-friendly interfaces with a product personality communicating environmental friendliness to customers poses new challenges for car interior designers, as little research has been carried out in this field to date. In this paper, the creation of three personas aimed at defining key German car users with pro-environmental behaviour is presented. After collecting ethnographic data of potential drivers through literature review, information about generation and Euro car segment led to the definition of three key user groups. The resulting personas were applied to determine the most important interaction points in car interior. Finally, present design cues of eco-friendly product personality developed in the field of automotive design were explored. Our work presents three strategic directions for the design development of future in-car user interfaces named as a) foster multimodal mobility; b) emphasize the interlinkage economy - sustainable driving; and c) highlight new technological developments. The presented results are meant as an impulse for developers to fit the needs of green customers and drivers when designing user-friendly HMI components.

Subword-based Semantic Retrieval of Clinical and Bibliographic Documents

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (02) ◽  
pp. 141-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Schulz ◽  
M. L. Müller ◽  
W. Dzeyk ◽  
L. Prinzen ◽  
E. J. Pacheco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Document Retrieval ◽  
Bibliographic Databases ◽  
Semantic Retrieval ◽  
Text Indexing ◽  
Document Collections ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Indexing And Retrieval ◽  
User Groups ◽  
User Friendly

Summary Objectives: The increasing amount of electronically available documents in bibliographic databases and the clinical documentation requires user-friendly techniques for content retrieval. Methods: A domain-specific approach on semantic text indexing for document retrieval is presented. It is based on a subword thesaurus and maps the content of texts in different European languages to a common interlingual representation, which supports the search across multilingual document collections. Results: Three use cases are presented where the semantic retrieval method has been implemented: a bibliographic database, a department EHR system, and a consumer-oriented Web portal. Conclusions: It could be shown that a semantic indexing and retrieval approach, the performance of which had already been empirically assessed in prior studies, proved useful in different prototypical and routine scenarios and was well accepted by several user groups.

Citizen-Centered Environmental Information Dissemination via Multiple Information Channels

2005 ◽  
pp. 277-290
Author(s):  
Thomas Rose ◽  
Gertraud Peinel ◽  
Kostas Karatzas ◽  
Per Henrik Johansen ◽  
Jon Erik Lindberg
Keyword(s):  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Environmental Information ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Mobile Technologies ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Information Channels ◽  
Ease Of Access ◽  
User Friendly

Citizens call for timely and high-quality environmental information for reasons of awareness and personal well-being. Only an informed citizen will be in the position to participate in urban environment decision making and planning. This interest recommends an easy-to-understand and easy-to-access presentation of such up-to-date information. Rather than presenting raw data in an extensive fashion, one ought to engineer customizable information services that can be tailored to individual user groups, be it for reasons of content or be it for reasons of citizen’s ease of access. Apnee has designed information services that draw upon various information channels, such as mobile technologies, interactive portals for the Internet, as well as street panels for municipality usage scenarios. In a nutshell, the Apnee system promotes user-friendly information management and dissemination services via multiple information channels, effectively combining information content and service providing schemes. This dissemination platform can be applied not only to the environmental sector but also in multiple information domains. Based on the Apnee approach, environmental information turns into an attractive product (electronic information service).

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