• The Journal of Bigdata
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.91-102
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• 2022

As artificial intelligence develops, AI chatbot systems are actively taking place. For example, in public institutions, the use of chatbots is expanding to work assistance and professional knowledge services in civil complaints and administration, and private companies are using chatbots for interactive customer response services. In this study, we propose a scenario-based AI voice chatbot system to reduce museum operating costs and provide interactive guidance services to visitors. The implemented voice chatbot system consists of a watcher object that detects the user's voice by monitoring a specific directory in real-time, and an event handler object that outputs AI's response voice by performing inference by model sequentially when a voice file is created. And Including a function to prevent duplication using thread and a deque, GPU operations are not duplicated during inference in a single GPU environment.

• Cross-Cultural Studies
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• v.48
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• pp.223-252
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• 2017

This study explores effects of two types of chatbots - voice-based and text-based - on Korean EFL learners' speaking competence and learner perception. Participants were 80 freshmen students taking an English-speaking class at a university in Korea. They were divided into two experimental groups at random. During the sixteen-week experimental period, participants engaged in 10 chat sessions with the two different types of chatbots. To take a close examination of effects on the improvement of speaking competence, they took the TOEIC speaking test as pre- and post-tests. Structured questionnaire-based surveys were conducted before and after treatment to determine if there are changes in perception. Findings reveal two chatbots effectively contribute to improvement of speaking competence among EFL learners. Particularly, the voice-based chatbot was as effective as the text-based chatbot. An analysis of survey results indicates perception of chatbot-assisted language learning changed positively over time. In particular, most participants preferred voice-based chatbot over text-based chatbot. This study provides insight on the use of chatbots in EFL learning, suggesting that EFL teachers should integrate chatbot technology in their classrooms.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.438-439
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• 2019

사회적 문제와 인공지능 기술의 발달로 챗봇 서비스에 대한 관심이 점점 증가하고 있으며, 그 결과 TTS(Text to Speech) 및 STT(Speech to Text) 기술을 기반으로 한 보조형 프로그램에 대한 개발이 다양한 모바일 환경에서 진행중이다. 본 논문에서는 문자를 소리로 변환해주는 TTS(Text to Speech) 기술과 소리를 문자로 변환해주는 STT(Speech to Text) 기술을 사용하여 음성지원 챗봇 시스템을 제작하고 이를 안드로이드 기반의 모바일 애플리케이션으로 구현한 '음성지원 챗봇 모바일 애플리케이션'을 제안하고, 이와 관련하여 관련 기술 및 기대효과에 대해 소개한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2019.06a
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• pp.129-132
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• 2019

최근 자연어 처리 기술에 대한 중요도가 높아지고, 발전 속도가 빨라지면서, 산업 전반에 걸쳐 챗봇에 대한 수요가 증가하고 있다. 본 논문은 챗봇을 이용한 소셜 매거진 생성 및 배포, 그리고 이를 활용하여 사용자에게 텍스트를 음성으로 변환하여 동영상의 형태로 전달해 주는 시스템을 다루고 있다. 챗봇이 사용자 대화를 수집, 분석하여 상황에 맞는 키워드를 추출하고, 중복 콘텐츠 제거, 텍스트 요약 등 일련의 과정을 거쳐 소셜 매거진을 생성 및 배포하는 서비스와, 매거진의 각 콘텐츠를 구성하는 이미지, 텍스트 정보를 가지고 음성 합성, 자막 생성, 영상 효과 등을 이용하여 영상을 합성하는 서비스에 관한 것이다. 본 논문에서 제안한 시스템에 대한 성능은 실험을 통하여 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2020.07a
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• pp.379-380
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• 2020

지역여행이나 타 지역 방문 등 해당 지방 방언을 사용하는 사람과 대화를 할 시, 단어의 뜻을 이해하지 못해 대화를 진행하기 어려운 경우가 종종 발생한다. 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 본 논문은 챗봇에게 음성이나 단어, 문장을 입력하면 표준어로 번역 및 뜻을 알려주는 방언 번역기 시스템을 제안한다. 이 시스템은 카카오톡과 연동되어 누구나 이용 가능하며, 사용자가 발화한 단어를 입력하면 챗봇이 해당 내용을 표준어로 번역하여 해당 방언의 뜻, 내용, 사용지역을 알려주며, 예문이 존재 시, 해당 방언이 들어간 예문을 보여준다. 또한 문장을 작성할 시 해당 문장을 표준어로 번역된 문장으로 바꾸어주고 시각화하여 사용자는 이를 보고 상대방의 의도를 파악할 수 있도록 도와준다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.630-640
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• 2020

With a recent rise of various chatbot services, this study attempts to explore the role of chatbot users'' psychological characteristics by applying the self-determination theory. In particular,this study investigates (a) the relationship between chatbot users' psychological needs(perceived autonomy, perceived competence, perceived relatedness) and user satisfaction, continuous intention to use, and (b) the moderating effect of chatbot type and user motivations. Based upon a survey, the results revealed that perceived autonomy, competence, and relatedness had significant positive effects on user satisfaction and continuous intention to use. The results also confirmed that the user satisfaction had a significant positive effect on the continuous intention to use. The moderating effect of social and relational motivation was found between perceived autonomy, competence, relatedness and user satisfaction. The implications are discussed for furthering the development of chatbot services.

• Journal of Intelligence and Information Systems
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.85-110
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• 2018

A chatbot is an interactive assistant that utilizes many communication modes: voice, images, video, or text. It is an artificial intelligence-based application that responds to users' needs or solves problems during user-friendly conversation. However, the current version of the chatbot is focused on understanding and performing tasks requested by the user; its ability to generate personalized conversation suitable for relationship-building is limited. Recognizing the need to build a relationship and making suitable conversation is more important for social chatbots who require social skills similar to those of problem-solving chatbots like the intelligent personal assistant. The purpose of this study is to propose a text analysis method that evaluates relationships between chatbots and users based on content input by the user and adapted to the communication situation, enabling the chatbot to conduct suitable conversations. To evaluate the performance of this method, we examined learning and verified the results using actual SNS conversation records. The results of the analysis will aid in implementation of the social chatbot, as this method yields excellent results even when the private profile information of the user is excluded for privacy reasons.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.303-308
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• 2022

A chatbot is a responsive chatting program that can communicate with people through text or voice. 'Siri' and 'Bixby' installed in smartphones are also representative artificial intelligences that use the chatbot system. With the rapid development of chatbots, users in various fields have also begun to pay attention to the food service industry. As machine learning technology developed, it became possible to use more flexible conversations, and it soon expanded to the realm of education. Userㄴs interact through conversations with chatbots, and active interactions stimulate users' desires and at the same time have a positive effect on learning motivation. Recommendation system programs using chatbots not only recommend products according to users' preferences, but also provide various additional information. This study planned a program that combined the chatbot system and tourism service. The chatbot curator will develop into a form of inducing interest and curiosity to users through learning, and then facilitating the desire for tourism. The purpose of this study is to lay the foundation for a chatbot curator based on previous studies.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.843-848
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• 2022

A chatbot is a responsive chatting program that can communicate with people through text or voice. 'Siri' and 'Bixby' installed in smartphones are also representative artificial intelligences that use the chatbot system. With the rapid development of chatbots, users in various fields have also begun to pay attention to the food service industry. As machine learning technology developed, it became possible to use more flexible conversations, and it soon expanded to the realm of education. Userㄴs interact through conversations with chatbots, and active interactions stimulate users' desires and at the same time have a positive effect on learning motivation. Recommendation system programs using chatbots not only recommend products according to users' preferences, but also provide various additional information. This study planned a program that combined the chatbot system and tourism service. The chatbot curator will develop into a form of inducing interest and curiosity to users through learning, and then facilitating the desire for tourism. The purpose of this study is to lay the foundation for a chatbot curator based on previous studies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2024.01a
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• pp.321-324
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• 2024

본 논문에서는 LLM(Large Language Models) 기반의 STT 결합 챗봇 시스템을 제안한다. 제조업 공장에서 안전 교육의 부족과 외국인 근로자의 증가는 안전을 중시하는 작업 환경에서 새로운 도전과제로 부상하고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 언어 모델과 음성 인식(Speech-to-Text, STT) 기술을 활용한 혁신적인 챗봇 시스템을 통해 이러한 문제를 해결하고자 한다. 제안된 시스템은 작업자들이 장비 사용 매뉴얼 및 안전 지침을 쉽게 접근하도록 지원하며, 비상 상황에서 신속하고 정확한 대응을 가능하게 한다. 연구 과정에서 LLM은 작업자의 의도를 파악하고, STT 기술은 음성 명령을 효과적으로 처리한다. 실험 결과, 이 시스템은 작업자의 업무 효율성을 증대시키고 언어 장벽을 해소하는데 효과적임이 확인되었다. 본 연구는 제조업 현장에서 작업자의 안전과 업무 효율성 향상에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.