Proceedings ArticleDOI
Wizard of Oz studies: why and how
Nils Dahlbäck,Arne Jönsson,Lars Ahrenberg +2 more
- Vol. 6, Iss: 4, pp 193-200
Reads0
Chats0
TLDR
It is concluded that empirical studies of the unique qualities of man-machine interaction as distinct from general human discourse are required for the development of user-friendly interactive systems.Abstract:
Current approaches to the development of natural language dialogue systems are discussed, and it is claimed that they do not sufficiently consider the unique qualities of man-machine interaction as distinct from general human discourse. It is concluded that empirical studies of this unique communication situation are required for the development of user-friendly interactive systems. One way of achieving this is through the use of so-called Wizard of Oz studies. The focus of the work described in the paper is on the practical execution of the studies and the methodological conclusions drawn on the basis of the authors' experience. While the focus is on natural language interfaces, the methods used and the conclusions drawn from the results obtained are of relevance also to other kinds of intelligent interfaces.read more
Citations
More filters
Posted ContentDOI
Adapting Number of Questions Based on Detected Psychological Distress for Cognitive Behavior Therapy with a Virtual Agent: Comparative Study (Preprint)
TL;DR: In this article , the authors developed and evaluated a method that automatically adapts the number of Socratic questions based on the level of detected psychological distress during a cognitive behavior therapy session with a virtual agent.
Proceedings Article
The potential of Ambient Intelligence to deliver Interactive Context-Aware Affective Educational support through Recommendations
Olga C. Santos,Mar Saneiro,M. Cristina Rodriguez-Sanchez,Jesús González-Boticario,Raul Uria-Rivas,Sergio Salmeron-Majadas +5 more
TL;DR: The status of the research on eliciting an interactive recommendation for a stressful scenario that can be de- livered through the Ambient Intelligence Context-aware Affective Recom- mender Platform (AICARP), which is the infrastructure designed and implemented with Arduino, an open-source electronic prototyping platform.
Proceedings ArticleDOI
Communication and cognitive science research in Linköping
Yvonne Waern,Sture Hägglund +1 more
TL;DR: Questions approached are: design of user interfaces, natural language understanding and generation, and critiquing systems, with contributions from psychology, artificial intelligence and linguistics.
Proceedings ArticleDOI
Utility evaluation of models
TL;DR: Three case studies of utility evaluations of underlying models in software systems: a user-model, technical and social models both singly and in combination, and a research-based model for user identification are presented.
Experiences of elderly with emotionally beeping ECAs Embodied by a Nabaztag
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how elderly people experience an ECA using beeping sounds as expressions of emotional states and find that a NAB with an appropriate response to events was much more positively experienced than a Nabaztag making a random response.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
The development of communication skills: modifications in the speech of young children as a function of listener
Marilyn Shatz,Rochel Gelman +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that the 4-year-old adjusted his speech with regard to the changing capacities of different-aged listeners, and the younger the 2-year old, the greater was the observed speech adjustment.
Journal ArticleDOI
Cross-linguistic differences in parsing: Restrictions on the use of the Late Closure strategy in Spanish ☆
Fernando Cuetos,Don C. Mitchell +1 more
TL;DR: The results throw doubt on the suggestion that the Late Closure strategy is favoured (in English) mainly because it is efficient in information processing terms and suggest that different languages make use of parsing strategies in an essentially arbitrary way.
Journal ArticleDOI
Simulating speech systems
Norman Fraser,Nigel Gilbert +1 more
TL;DR: The “Wizard of Oz” technique for simulating future interactive technology and a partial taxonomy of such simulations is reviewed and a general Wizard of Oz methodology is suggested.