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Speak to Me: Interacting with a Spoken Language Interface

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Abstract

This study addresses the importance of encouraging effective interaction of users with information systems. We examined the interaction between users and a spoken language interface through a user-centered Wizard of Oz experiment, in which the user behavior of a spoken language search interface which allows only spoken query and touch behavior, was compared with a generic keyboard baseline interface. Forty-eight participants joined the experiment, with each searching on 12 different topics of three types. Results showed that using the spoken interface resulted in significantly less interaction measured by the number of iterations, number of viewed webpages, and number of clicks/touches, than using the baseline interface. In terms of query length, participants using the spoken interface issued significantly longer queries than those using the baseline interface. Results also indicated that participants spent significantly more time in completing tasks, dwelling on each document, and making decisions on each document using the spoken language interface than using the baseline interface. Design criteria and implications for spoken language systems were discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDesign, User Experience, and Usability. Design for Contemporary Interactive Environments - 9th International Conference, DUXU 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings
EditorsAaron Marcus, Elizabeth Rosenzweig
PublisherSpringer
Pages194-211
Number of pages18
ISBN (Print)9783030497590
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event9th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020 - Copenhagen, Denmark
Duration: Jul 19 2020Jul 24 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12201 LNCS

Conference

Conference9th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityCopenhagen
Period07/19/2007/24/20

Keywords

  • Adaptive information retrieval
  • Interactive information retrieval
  • Personalization
  • Scanning
  • Searching
  • Spoken language interface

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