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Shaping user input in speech graffiti: a first pass

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Speech Graffiti is a standardized interaction protocol for spoken dialog systems designed to address some com-mon difficulties with ASR. We have proposed a strategy of shaping to help users adapt their interaction to match what the system understands best, thereby re-ducing the chance for misunderstandings and improving interaction efficiency. In this paper we report on an evaluation of our initial implementation of shaping in Speech Graffiti, noting that our baseline strategy was not as powerful as expected, and discussing proposed changes to improve its effectiveness.

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CHI EA '06: CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
April 2006
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ISBN:1595932984
DOI:10.1145/1125451
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  1. speech recognition
  2. spoken dialog systems
  3. user interfaces

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  • (2014)Alignment or collaboration? How implicit views of communication influence robot design2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS)10.1109/CTS.2014.6867552(115-122)Online publication date: May-2014
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  • (2009)Concept form adaptation in human-computer dialogProceedings of the SIGDIAL 2009 Conference: The 10th Annual Meeting of the Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue10.5555/1708376.1708397(144-147)Online publication date: 11-Sep-2009

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