The SemanticEdge NLU Framework
With its NLU framework (Natural Language Understanding), SemanticEdge offers a new generation of technology for the development and administration of speech applications.
The NLU framework consists of a complete running time, development and management environment, providing significant efficiency advantages in comparison to conventional tools for the creation, operation and quality control of genuine spoken dialog applications. This clearly reduces the time-to-market and total cost of ownership of speech applications..
Special Features of the NLU Framework
SemanticEdge has developed a technology with which even complex spoken dialog systems can be built from dialog modules. The highly modular applications are formed from smaller dialog modules in the process. These are then combined to form larger application units. Since the dialog modules have already been tested and fine tuned in a variety of applications, the quality of the speech applications is higher than in applications that have to be completely reprogrammed. Finished module applications can additionally be developed much more quickly.
And you as the customer profit from this – directly!
This technology is based on the latest artificial intelligence research findings. Its core consists of the small components, the so-called dialog files, with which every human dialog can be depicted.
This abstraction capability and an existing application comprised of several natural layers (e.g., system statements, grammar, dialog logic, domain knowledge) make the creation of highly configurable modules possible.
Subsequently, the configurable dialog modules form a type of modular design system for spoken dialog applications that can be adjusted individually to the needs of the customer.
Modular design system tools exist for the development, fine tuning and administration of the applications, and these can either be integrated as plug-ins in the Eclipse standard development environment or used as web interfaces.
One part of the dialog capabilities of the SemanticEdge technology lies in the intelligent running time environment, the Dialog Manager. It contains a dense collection of dialog knowledge, so to speak, thereby dramatically reducing the code volume of a spoken dialog application.