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Dear colleagues,
we are happy to announce a workshop
STRIKING A C[H]ORD: VOCAL INTERACTION IN ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES,
GAMES, AND MORE
in CHI 2007 conference on Sunday, 29 April 2007 in San Jose, California, and we cordially invite you to take part in it.
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*** CALL FOR PAPERS AND INTERACTIVE DEMONSTRATIONS ***
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The research of vocal interaction has primarily been focused on the use of systems for speech recognition and synthesis. While speech recognition and synthesis can be successfully used in various domains, they can be unsuitable for certain scenarios such as in applications requiring immediate and continuous control and those involving users with speech impairments.
This workshop aims to discuss the state-of-the-art in vocal interaction methods that go beyond word recognition by exploiting the information within non-verbal vocalizations. Among others, we will discuss different ways in which non-verbal vocal parameters (e.g. pitch, volume, timbre, etc.) may be used as either primary or additional source of input into interactive systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Demonstration of systems or interaction techniques incorporating
non-verbal vocal interaction
* Augmentation or emulation of conventional input devices
* Applications in assistive technologies, education, entertainment,
and art
* Speech and language therapy and disability compensation
* Psychological aspects of non-verbal interaction
* Physiological limitations, such as resolution of vocal
parameters or fatigue that may occur when producing the sounds
* Social and cross-cultural issues
Short, 4-page position papers addressing topics of the workshop will be reviewed by an international program committee and selected based on their quality, innovation, and the potential of fostering discussion.
Contributors to this workshop will be invited to submit an extended paper for a special issue of the journal UNIVERSAL ACCESS IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY.
The workshop will be a full-day event and will consist of presentations of position papers, demonstration of systems, as well as group discussions. At least one author of an accepted paper needs to register for the workshop and for at least one day of the conference (either day from Monday to Thursday).
Please visit our website http://www.vocal-input.org for the list of the program committee members.
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*** IMPORTANT DATES ***
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Papers due: 12 January 2007 (5pm Pacific Time)
Acceptance / reject notices: 1 February 2007
Registration deadline: 9 April 2007
Workshop held: 29 April 2007
Main program of CHI 2007: 30 April -- 3 May 2007
Journal paper manuscripts due: 31 May 2007
Journal publication: Late 2007
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*** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ***
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Please set your papers in the 2-column ACM format. LaTeX and MS Word templates are available here:
http://www.chi2007.org/submit/chi2007pubsformat.doc
http://www.chi2007.org/submit/chi2007pubsformat.cls
Your paper should not exceed the length of four pages. Please send your papers in PDF format to [log in to unmask] We don't request anonymization of your submissions.
Additionaly, you are encouraged to submit a video(s) of your system that demonstrates its functionality and interaction methods. Please do not send this file as attachment to your message. Instead, please put the file on a non-public WWW page and send us its URL. Your video should not exceed 50 MB of file size and 5 minutes of length.
Don't hesitate to contact us regarding any questions or concerns.
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*** CONTACT INFORMATION ***
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Workshop organizers:
Adam J Sporka (Czech Technical University in Prague)
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Susumu Harada (University of Washington)
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Sri H Kurniawan (University of Manchester)
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Workshop website:
http://www.vocal-input.org
CHI 2007 website for workshop participants:
http://www.chi2007.org/submit/workshops-participants.php
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*** PROGRAM COMMITTEE ***
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Sama'a Al-Hashimi, Middlesex University, United Kingdom Tanja Bänzinger, Geneva Emotion Research Group, Switzerland Sumit Basu, Microsoft Research, USA Tony Brooks, University of Aalborg, Denmark Dan Gärdenfors, Anoto AB, Sweden Masataka Goto, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan Perttu Hämäläinen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Nils Klarlund, Google Inc, USA Tomá¹ Macek, Voice Technologies and Systems, IBM, Czech Republic Rachel McCrindle, University of Reading, United Kingdom Zdenìk Míkovec, CTU Prague, Czech Republic Andrew Sears, UMBC, USA Pavel Slavík, CTU Prague, Czech Republic Richard Watts, University of Cambridge; Amino Communications Ltd, United Kingdom
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