Dialog prediction for a general model of turn-taking

Today there are solutions for some specific turn-taking problems, but no general model. We show how turn-taking can be reduced to two more general problems, prediction and selection. We also discuss the value of predicting not only future speech/silence but also prosodic features, thereby handing not only turn-taking but "turn-shaping". To illustrate how such predictions can be made, we trained a neural network predictor. This was adequate to support some specific turn-taking decisions and was modestly accurate overall.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: INTERSPEECH
• Authors: Nigel G. Ward, Olac Fuentes, Alejandro Vega
• Keywords: INTERSPEECH 2010, Neural Network Predictor, Signal Processing, Specific Turn-taking, Specific Turn-taking Problems