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Natural Language Agents in a Smart Environment

There have been significant achievements in the area of human-computer interaction using natural language (i.e. speech), applied in various domains. As a result, users can intuitively interact with various smart devices and systems. Unfortunately, the full extent of capabilities is almost exclusively related to English language. This is expected, as most advanced solutions and achievements in the field come from tech giants originating from English-speaking countries. English is also considered the global lingua franca, so this is definitely the most viable language from the economic perspective. However, in case of minority languages, such as Croatian, there are many challenges ahead in order to achieve comparable results. In this paper, we present a model which intends to enable spoken notifications in Croatian language. The presented model defines cognitive and linguistic processes which enable generation and reproduction of understandable, human- friendly notifications in smart environments.

Natural Language Generation, Speech Synthesis, Software Agent, Smart Environment.

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