Language-Based Interfaces and Their Application for Cultural Tourism

Language processing has a large practical potential in intelligent interfaces if we take into account multiple modalities of communication. In particular, the integration of natural language processing and hypermedia allows each modality to overcome the constraints of the other, resulting in a novel class of integrated environments for complex exploration and information access. A great opportunity arises for intelligent interfaces and language technology of this kind to play an important role for individual-oriented cultural tourism. A recent project concentrated on the combination of two forms of navigation taking place at the same time -- one in information space, the other in physical space.