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Presentation 2007-11-26 11:15
OTOCKER: A Web-based Multilingual Utterance Collection System for the Medical Field
Taku Fukushima, Mai Miyabe, Takashi Yoshino, Ryuichi Nisimura (Wakayama Univ.), Aguri Shigeno (Center for Multicultural Society Kyoto) AI2007-14
Abstract (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) We have developed a web-based multilingual utterance collection system, named OTOCKER, for the medical field.
The purpose of OTOCKER is to act as a platform for intercultural communication.
Although, speech synthesis systems have improved rapidly, fluent and smooth speech synthesis is still a subject of research. Currently, it is difficult to carry out speech synthesis in various languages.
Especially, in a medical field, it is important that the meaning of sentences and the voice with expressing through nuance.
Therefore, we use an utterance collection system that collects people's voices directly.
The issues related to an utterance collection system are as follows: (1) insufficient number of correct sentences in the medical field and (2) high entry levels of recorded and collected voice.
We can solve the problem of shortage of correct sentences through a system that collects parallel medical texts.
Moreover, the issue of high entry levels of recorded and collected voice can be addressed by the use of w3voice.
w3voice is a web-based voice-recording system.
This system can be run only on a web browser.
This paper presents the design of OTOCKER, its prototype, and documents the results of its trial.
Keyword (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
(in English) voice collection / intercultural communication / parallel texts / medical field / web-based system / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 107, no. 353, AI2007-14, pp. 17-22, Nov. 2007.
Paper # AI2007-14 
Date of Issue 2007-11-19 (AI) 
ISSN Print edition: ISSN 0913-5685    Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Conference Information
Committee AI  
Conference Date 2007-11-26 - 2007-11-26 
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Place (in English) Kwansei Gakuin University, Tokyo Marunouchi Campus 
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Topics (in English) Designing IT Society: InterSociety and Real-world Applications 
Paper Information
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Conference Code 2007-11-AI 
Language Japanese 
Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Sub Title (in Japanese) (See Japanese page) 
Title (in English) OTOCKER: A Web-based Multilingual Utterance Collection System for the Medical Field 
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Keyword(1) voice collection  
Keyword(2) intercultural communication  
Keyword(3) parallel texts  
Keyword(4) medical field  
Keyword(5) web-based system  
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1st Author's Name Taku Fukushima  
1st Author's Affiliation Wakayama University (Wakayama Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Mai Miyabe  
2nd Author's Affiliation Wakayama University (Wakayama Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Takashi Yoshino  
3rd Author's Affiliation Wakayama University (Wakayama Univ.)
4th Author's Name Ryuichi Nisimura  
4th Author's Affiliation Wakayama University (Wakayama Univ.)
5th Author's Name Aguri Shigeno  
5th Author's Affiliation Center for Multicultural Society Kyoto (Center for Multicultural Society Kyoto)
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Date Time 2007-11-26 11:15:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
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Paper # AI2007-14 
Volume (vol) vol.107 
Number (no) no.353 
Page pp.17-22 
#Pages 6 
Date of Issue 2007-11-19 (AI) 

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