Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition (SISR) defines the syntax and semantics of annotations to grammar rules in the
Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS). Since 5 April 2007, it is a
World Wide Web Consortium
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recommendation.
Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition (SISR) Version 1.0
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By building upon SRGS grammars, it allows voice browser {{Short description, Interactive voice user interface
A voice browser is a Application software, software application that presents an interactive voice user interface to the user in a manner analogous to the functioning of a web browser interpretin ...
s via ECMAScript
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to semantically interpret complex grammars and provide the information back to the application. For example, it allows utterances like "I would like a Coca-cola and three large pizzas with pepperoni and mushrooms." to be interpreted into an object that can be understood by an application. For example, the utterance could produce the following object named :
If used against this grammar that includes SISR markup in addition to the standard SRGS grammar in XML format:
I would like a
out.drink = new Object(); out.drink.liquid=rules.drink.type;
out.drink.drinksize=rules.drink.drinksize;
and
out.pizza=rules.pizza;
- coke
- pepsi
- coca colaout="coke";
out="medium";
-
- smallout="small";
- medium
- largeout="large";
- regularout="medium";
out=new Array;
out.push(rules.top);
-
and
out.push(rules.top);
- anchovies
- pepperoni
- mushroomout="mushrooms";
- mushrooms
out.drinksize=rules.foodsize; out.type=rules.kindofdrink;
out.pizzasize=rules.foodsize; out.number=rules.number;
pizzas with
out.topping=rules.tops;
-
out=1;
- a
- one
- twoout=2;
- threeout=3;
See also
* VoiceXML
VoiceXML (VXML) is a digital document standard for specifying interactive media and voice dialogs between humans and computers. It is used for developing audio and voice response applications, such as banking systems and automated customer service ...
* SRGS
Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS) is a W3C standard for how ''speech recognition grammars'' are specified. A speech recognition grammar is a set of word patterns, and tells a speech recognition system what to expect a human to say. ...
References
External links
SRGS Specification (W3C Recommendation)
SISR Specification (W3C Recommendation)
W3C's Voice Browser Working Group
{{W3C Standards
World Wide Web Consortium standards
XML-based standards