The Pediaphon - Speech Interface to the free Wikipedia Encyclopedia for Mobile Phones, PDA´s and MP3-Players

Author

Bischoff, Andreas

Author_Institution

Univ. of Hagen, Hagen

fYear

2007

fDate

3-7 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

575

Lastpage

579

Abstract

This paper presents an approach to generate audio based learning material dynamically from Wikipedia articles for m-learning and ubiquitous access. It introduces the so called ´Pediaphon´, an speech interface to the free Wikipedia online encyclopedia as an example application for ´microlearning´. The effective generation and the deployment of the audio data to the user via podcast or progressive download (pseudo streaming) are covered. A convenient cellphone interface to the Wikipedia content, which is usable with every mobile phone will be introduced.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; encyclopaedias; mobile computing; mobile handsets; notebook computers; user interfaces; MP3 players; PDA; Pediaphon; Wikipedia encyclopedia; audio based learning material; m-learning; microlearning; mobile phones; pseudo streaming; speech interface; ubiquitous access; Cellular phones; Costs; Digital audio broadcasting; Encyclopedias; Internet; Loudspeakers; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Speech synthesis; Wikipedia;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 2007. DEXA '07. 18th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Regensburg

ISSN

1529-4188

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-2932-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.2007.124

Filename

4312959