ABSTRACT
Speech interaction provides a natural form of communication that is intuitively familiar to people. Such interaction can provide drivers with easy access to a variety of services. A problem with such systems is that they are designed to work with a diverse population of users. However, an individual's understanding of services and the language they might use to express their goals will vary. Given that a privately owned car is driven regularly by a small number of individuals, it makes sense to have speech interfaces adapt to the needs and characteristics of specific user(s). We describe user adaptation that may be possible at several levels of a spoken dialog system (such as language and use history). We also describe a prototype based on these principles and an initial user study.
