Applications of Voice Based Informative Public Services: Lithuanian Case

The paper presents analysis of the possibilities to implement some voice based informative services in public sector of Lithuania. The paper reveals the applications in the public sector where the implementation of voice based modality may contribute significantly to the convenience and the popularity of the service. Possible solutions for the cases when Lithuanian speech will be used as the main speech in the service are evaluated both from technological and economical point of view. Several solutions how the obstacles related with the insufficient recognition accuracy of the Lithuanian voice commands may be lessened are revealed also. It is shown that implementation of properly trained foreign language speech recognizer may achieve recognition accuracy of Lithuanian voice commands which is necessary for applications in public sector.