- C. Fügen, Tanja Schultz, Jiacheng Hu, A. Waibel. 2015. RECENT ADVANCES IN LINGWEAR : A WEARABLE LINGUISTIC ASSISTANT FOR TOURISTS. Abstract: In this paper we describe our recent advances in LingWear, a wearable linguistic assistant for tourists. LingWear allows uninformed users to find their way in foreign cities or to ask for information about sightseeing, accommodations, and other places of interest. Moreover, the system allows the user to communicate with local residents through integrated speech-to-speech translation. Furthermore, the graphical user interface (GUI) of LingWear runs also on small hand-held devices (e.g. Compaq’s iPAQ). In this client-server solution the main components of the system are running on a wireless connected server. The user can query LingWear either by means of spontaneous speech or via touch screen and receive the system’s responds either by the integrated speech synthesis or by display messages.
