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Effects of dialog initiative and multi-modal presentation strategies on large directory information access.

Abstract

This paper compares the effects of three different dialog initiative strategies (system initiative, mixed initiative and user initiative) on system performance and user acceptance on a large directory information access task. We used a personnel directory query application that could be accessed from a voice-only (telephony) and a multi-modal (kiosk) interface. Although the user initiative condition resulted in a lower proportion of in-grammar utterances, no significant effects of dialog initiative were observed for concept accuracy, perceived task completion, ease of use or user satisfaction. Dialogs were significantly shorter with the kiosk interface than with the telephony interface, and users preferred the kiosk interface and found it easier to use.

Metadata

publication
INTERSPEECH, 636-639, 2000
year
2000
publication date
2000/10/16
authors
Shrikanth S Narayanan, Giuseppe Di Fabbrizio, Candace A Kamm, James Hubbell, Bruce Buntschuh, P Ruscitti, Jerry H Wright
link
https://sail.usc.edu/publications/files/narayananinterspeech2000.pdf
resource_link
https://sail.usc.edu/publications/files/narayananinterspeech2000.pdf
conference
INTERSPEECH
pages
636-639