Coordinating text and graphics in explanation generation

  • Authors:
  • Steven K. Feiner;Kathleen R. McKeown

  • Affiliations:
  • Columbia University, New York, New York;Columbia University, New York, New York

  • Venue:
  • HLT '89 Proceedings of the workshop on Speech and Natural Language
  • Year:
  • 1989

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Abstract

To generate multimedia explanations, a system must be able to coordinate the use of different media in a single explanation. In this paper, we present an architecture that we have developed for COMET (COordinated Multimedia Explanation Testbed), a system that generates directions for equipment maintenance and repair, and we show how it addresses the coordination problem. In particular, we focus on the use of a single content planner that produces a common content description used by multiple media-specific generators, a media coordinator that makes a fine-grained division of information between media, and bidirectional interaction between media-specific generators to allow influence across media.