Welcome
to the Nuance
Automotive
Forum Detroit
November 2011
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Milestones in History
- 125 Years of Automotive
Benz 1886
Daimler 1886
Porsche 1899
Ford Model T
1908
GM Oldsmobile
Roadster 1922
Rolls-Royce
Phantom 1925
GM Pontiac 1926
GM Cadillac 1930
Chrysler
Airflow 1934
VW Käfer 1945
Ford F1 1948
Fiat 500 1957
Toyota Corolla
1966
VW Golf 1974
Milestones in History
- Over 200 Years of Speech Processing
Wolfgang von Kempelen’s
Speaking Machine
1791, Austria
Homer Dudley’s Voder
1939, USA
First Reading Machine
with Optical Scanner,
Kurzweil, 1976, USA
First Formant Synthesizer,
OVE (Orator Verbis Electris),
Gunnar Fant
1960, Sweden
Milestones in History
- 50 Years of Speech Recognition
William Dersh & Dr. E.A. Quade / IBM
demonstrating SHOEBOX – a speech
enabled calculator
1961, USA
Edgar Wallace using
dictation machine
1925, UK
Speaking about the ABCs of the Connected Car
• More functionality
• Access to more content
• Personalization
• Usability aspects
• Safety requirements
• New business models
Milestones in History
- Over 50 Years of Improved Driver Safety
First Seat Belt in serial car production,
Volvo PV544, 1959, Sweden
First Crash Test (Mercedes)
1959, Germany
M e an de viation (m )
1.60
1.40
1.20
1.00
0.80
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.00
Free
Base
ADAS (>> Autonomous Car),
since 1996
Voice Activated Dialing,
since 1996
Ecor
Blind
MM-UI
Speech
-only
Phone
Texting
Nuance Driver Distraction Research
for Connected Car / Dictation, 2010
Milestones in History
- Evolution of HMI
2011
2020
???
2011
1940
How to improve the user experience?
Speech Recognition
Speech Output
- Seamless ASR-TTS
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Reading
Multilinguality
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- POI Name Search
- Address flexible order
- Expressive TTS
- Server TTS
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Interaction
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Increased Flexibility
Fast Interaction
- All inclusive Main Menu
Non Experts
- SLM Safety-Net
- Barge-In
- In-Car communication
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Multimodality
- Handwriting
- Trace
-- Avatars
-
(Speech) User Interface
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More Use-Cases
- DragonGo!
Why is natural language important?
Ease-ofLearning
Confidence
Emotional
Connection
Do More
NLU will drive
speech
adoption
Social
Comfort
Enjoyment
How will Search in Automotive be improved in 2012?
Links
Content + Intent
Drive!
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Singular path search
Long list of blue links
Limited content view
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Voice powered Natural Language
Multiple relevant paths
Direct access to content sources
Nuance Connected Car
- Unified Speech UI using Hybrid Approach
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Nuance combines embedded and server-side technologies to deliver
services that are accurate, robust to vehicle noise, and easy to use
In-Vehicle Speech Interfaces
Domain
Phone &
Messaging
Navigation
& LBS
Connected Speech Services
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Voice Activated Dialling
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SMS & Email Dictation,
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SMS Reading
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Social Networking updates
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Command & Control,
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Voice Destination Entry
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POI Search on local
database
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TMC message readout
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Entertainment
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Music selection for invehicle music players
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Full Internet
Access
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Search for pre-defined
topics
Local Search with access to offboard POI data base(s)
Driving related information
services
e.g. real time traffic & weather info,
fuel pricing
On demand multimedia content,
with connection to music and video
stores
Internet Radio
Super Search – provide context,
“one shot” behaviour with
combined embedded and
connected capability
Agenda
9:30am – 10:00am
The Nuance Automotive Vision 2020
10:00am – 10:30am
Morning Break & Demonstrations
10:30am – 11:15am
Nuance Solutions for Connected Cars
11:15am – 12:00pm
Safely Driving a Connected Lifestyle
- Industry Trends and Nuance Initiatives
- Reducing Driver Distraction for Young Connected Drivers
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Lunch Break & Demonstrations
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Automotive Grade UI Solutions
2:30pm – 3:00pm
New Use Cases for Text-to-Speech
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Reducing Complexity in the Advanced Vehicle Environment
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Afternoon Break & Demonstrations
4:00pm – 4:30pm
New Approaches to Improving the User Experience
- In-Car Communications
- Speaker Verification
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Closing
5:00pm – 6:00pm
Cocktail Reception & Demonstrations
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