The Conversational Interface

By: and and

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Synopsis
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the conversational interface, which is becoming the main mode of interaction with virtual personal assistants, smart devices, various types of wearable, and social robots. The book consists of four parts. Part I presents the background to conversational interfaces, examining past and present work on spoken language interaction with computers. Part II covers the various technologies that are required to build a conversational interface along with practical chapters and exercises using open source tools. Part III looks at interactions with smart devices, wearables, and robots, and discusses the role of emotion and personality in the conversational interface. Part IV examines methods for evaluating conversational interfaces and discusses future directions.
Copyright:
2016

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9783319329673
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing, Cham
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Springer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Sociology
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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