Many advances in voice recognition and natural language technology.
Still only limited domains.
Accessible from a browser
Browsers and net access becoming ubiquitous. Embedding a very thin
client in a browser makes conversational language technology accessible
to a much wider audience.
Flexible and intuitive information access
As more information becomes available, it is harder to get at.
Simple point-and-click requires traversing a forest of links.
New modalities for content organization and access are needed.
Need a shift from static pages of text and graphics to dynamic information,
generated in response to a user query.
Voice and natural language technologies enable paradigm shift
WebGALAXY
Modular architecture
Easy to add new servers and client interfaces.
Just the beginning
WebGALAXY represents a small step in the shift away from simple point-and-click towards richer paradigms of interaction.
Currently working on displayless and multilingual systems.
Development of domains currently an expensive process. We can streamline the
interface from an engineering standpoint but also...
Reasearch into new content organizations to facilitate access through
interactive dialogue will be needed.