Barry Arons

Abstract

Authoring is usually one of the most difficult parts in the design and implementation of hypertext and hypermedia systems. This problem is exacerbated if the data to be presented by the system is speech, rather than text or graphics, because of the slow and serial nature of speech. This paper provides an overview of speech-only hypermedia, discusses the difficulties associated with authoring databases for such a system, and explores a variety of techniques to assist in the authoring process.