Steps Toward Graceful Interaction in Spoken and Written Man- Machine Communication

Article Abstract:

One of the major problems in man-machine communication is the lack of flexibility in dialoque between the two. The rigid grammar inherent in most current systems does not allow for clarification of input, output or goals nor does it provide for resolution of ambiguities. Graceful interaction involves co-operation between two entities to achieve a mutual goal. The components of graceful interaction discussed are robust communication, flexible parsing, domain knowledge, explanation facility, focus mechanisms, description indentification and description generation. Some of the components are being implemented to some degree on some systems. For restricted domains, none are beyond state of the art.

Communications, Parsing, Communication, Natural language processing, Natural Language Interfaces

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Graceful Interaction Through the COUSIN Command Interface

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One of the reasons a system may appear as unfriendly to a user is the lack of adequate error correction or on-line help facilities. A form-based model of communication is being implemented which incorporates error correction and on-line help facilities. The COoperative USer INterface (COUSIN) project uses a coarse-grained semantically-constrained command interaction to interface with several different applications systems. The three key concepts forming the basis of COUSIN are discussed. The COUSIN-UNIX implementation is reviewed.

UNIX, Interface, Forms, Error-Correcting Codes

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Composition and Editing of Spoken Letters

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Two studies have been conducted about the composing and editing of spoken letters. A prototype speech editor was used in the first study. A tape recorder was used in the second study. Results indicate that revisions to oral letters were similar to types of revisions to written documents. Results on details of planning times for composing were contradictory to previous findings. The speech editor was useable but needs improvement.

Editing, Program Editor, Text editors, Study, Voice Communications

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