Can I finish? Learning when to respond to incremental interpretation results in interactive dialogue

TitleCan I finish? Learning when to respond to incremental interpretation results in interactive dialogue
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsDeVault, D., K. Sagae, and D. R. Traum
Conference Name10th Annual SIGDIAL meeting on Discourse and Dialogue
Date PublishedSeptember 2009
Conference LocationLondon, UK
Abstract

We investigate novel approaches to responsive overlap behaviors in dialogue systems, opening possibilities for systems to interrupt, acknowledge or complete a user’s utterance while it is still in progress. Our specific contributions are a method for determining when a system has reached a point of maximal understanding of an ongoing user utterance, and a prototype implementation that shows how systems can use this ability to strategically initiate system completions of user utterances. More broadly, this framework facilitates the implementation of a range of overlap behaviors that are common in human dialogue, but have been largely absent in dialogue systems.

URLhttp://people.ict.usc.edu/~traum/Papers/dst_sigdial09_final.pdf
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