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Guidelines

How to use the guidelines as a design guide

• Analysis of two Sundial WOZ dialogues
  • Cookbook description of the method
  • Dialogue 8:9
  • Dialogue 8:9, analysed
  • Dialogue 10:6
  • Dialogue 10:6, analysed
  • Typology of system problems found in the Sundial corpus

How to use the guidelines for diagnostic evaluation

• Analysis of a dialogue from the user test of the Danish dialogue system
  • Cookbook description of the method
  • Scenario T32a
  • Dialogue T32a
  • Analysis scheme, empty
  • Analysis scheme, with normative answers
  • Analysis scheme, with actual answers
  • Analysis scheme, complete
  • Problems found and diagnosed
  • Typology of system problems found in the user test corpus
  • Typology of user problems found in the user test corpus

Guidelines exemplified

• Aspect 1: Informativeness
• Aspect 2: Truth and evidence
• Aspect 3: Relevance
• Aspect 4: Manner
• Aspect 5: Partner asymmetry
• Aspect 6: Background knowledge
• Aspect 7: Meta-communication

Corpora

• About corpus format and corpus annotation
• The Danish Dialogue System corpus
• The Philips corpus
• The Sundial corpus

• The need for guidelines
• Interaction aspects, generic and specific guidelines
• Guidelines may overlap and conflict
• Background and development of the guidelines

Last update: 2005-08-10