Quantifying Quality Aspects of Multimodal Interactive Systems

Quantifying Quality Aspects of Multimodal Interactive Systems
Author: Christine Kühnel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2012-06-07
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3642296025

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This book systematically addresses the quantification of quality aspects of multimodal interactive systems. The conceptual structure is based on a schematic view on human-computer interaction where the user interacts with the system and perceives it via input and output interfaces. Thus, aspects of multimodal interaction are analyzed first, followed by a discussion of the evaluation of output and input and concluding with a view on the evaluation of a complete system.

An Evaluation Framework for Multimodal Interaction

An Evaluation Framework for Multimodal Interaction
Author: Ina Wechsung
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2014-01-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319038109

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This book presents (1) an exhaustive and empirically validated taxonomy of quality aspects of multimodal interaction as well as respective measurement methods, (2) a validated questionnaire specifically tailored to the evaluation of multimodal systems and covering most of the taxonomy‘s quality aspects, (3) insights on how the quality perceptions of multimodal systems relate to the quality perceptions of its individual components, (4) a set of empirically tested factors which influence modality choice, and (5) models regarding the relationship of the perceived quality of a modality and the actual usage of a modality.

Talker Quality in Human and Machine Interaction

Talker Quality in Human and Machine Interaction
Author: Benjamin Weiss
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2019-07-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030227693

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The book discusses subjective ratings of quality and preference of unknown voices and dialog partners – their likability, for example. Human natural and artificial voices are studied in passive listening and interactive scenarios. In this book, the background, state of research, and contributions to the assessment and prediction of talker quality that is constituted in voice perception and in dialog are presented. Starting from theories and empirical findings from human interaction, major results and approaches are transferred to the domain of human-computer interaction (HCI). The main objective of this book is to contribute to the evaluation of spoken interaction in humans and between humans and computers, and in particular to the quality subsequently attributed to the speaking system or person based on the listening and interactive experience. Provides a comprehensive overview of research in evaluation of speakers and dialog partners; Presents recent results on the relevance of a first passive and interactive impression; Includes human and HCI evaluation results from a communicative perspective.

Simulation-Based Usability Evaluation of Spoken and Multimodal Dialogue Systems

Simulation-Based Usability Evaluation of Spoken and Multimodal Dialogue Systems
Author: Stefan Hillmann
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2017-11-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319625187

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This book describes an extension of the user behaviour simulation (UBS) of an existing tool for automatic usability evaluation (AUE). This extension is based upon a user study with a smart home system. It uses technical-sociological methods for the execution of the study and the analysis of the collected data. A comparison of the resulting UBS with former UBSs, as well as the empirical data, shows that the new simulation approach outperforms the former simulation. The improvement affects the prediction of dialogue metrics that are related to dialogue efficiency and dialogue effectiveness. Furthermore, the book describes a parameter-based data model, as well as a related framework. Both are used to uniformly describe multimodal human-computer interactions and to provide such descriptions for usability evaluations. Finally, the book proposes a new two-stage method for the evaluation of UBSs. The method is based on the computation of a distance measures between two dialogue corpora and the pair-wise comparison of distances among several dialogue corpora.

Emotional Feedback for Mobile Devices

Emotional Feedback for Mobile Devices
Author: Julia Seebode
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2015-03-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319171933

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This book investigates the functional adequacy as well as the affective impression made by feedback messages on mobile devices. It presents an easily adoptable experimental setup to examine context effects on various feedback messages and applies it to auditory, tactile and auditory-tactile feedback messages. This approach provides insights into the relationship between the affective impression and functional applicability of these messages as well as an understanding of the influence of unimodal components on the perception of multimodal feedback messages. The developed paradigm can also be extended to investigate other aspects of context and used to investigate feedback messages in modalities other than those presented. The book uses questionnaires implemented on a Smartphone, which can easily be adopted for field studies to broaden the scope even wider. Finally, the book offers guidelines for the design of system feedback.

Man-Machine Dialogue

Man-Machine Dialogue
Author: Frederic Landragin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2013-07-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1118578775

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This book summarizes the main problems posed by the design of a man–machine dialogue system and offers ideas on how to continue along the path towards efficient, realistic and fluid communication between humans and machines. A culmination of ten years of research, it is based on the author's development, investigation and experimentation covering a multitude of fields, including artificial intelligence, automated language processing, man–machine interfaces and notably multimodal or multimedia interfaces.

The Conversational Interface

The Conversational Interface
Author: Michael McTear
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2016-05-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3319329677

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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.

Quality Engineering

Quality Engineering
Author: Sebastian Möller
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2023-05-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3662656159

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Der Begriff der Qualität und der Gebrauchstauglichkeit hat in der Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik sowie der Informatik eine herausragende Bedeutung. Der Autor führt in diese Thematik ein, indem er zunächst die Fachbegriffe und die Grundlagen der Psychophysik und Psychometrie erläutert. Darauf aufbauend wird der Kreislauf einer menschenorientierten Systementwicklung vorgestellt. Die Messung und Vorhersage von Qualität und Gebrauchstauglichkeit wird anhand von Beispielen veranschaulicht, u. a. für Sprach- und multimodale Dialogsysteme.

Multimodal Interactive Systems Management

Multimodal Interactive Systems Management
Author: Herve Bourlard
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2014-01-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1482212137

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This book provides a synthesis of the multifaceted field of interactive multimodal information management. The subjects treated include spoken language processing, image and video processing, document and handwriting analysis, identity information and interfaces. The book concludes with an overview of the highlights of the progress of the field dur

Quantifying Quality of Life

Quantifying Quality of Life
Author: Katarzyna Wac
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 596
Release: 2022
Genre: Bioinformatics
ISBN: 3030942120

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Describes technological methods and tools for objective and quantitative assessment of QoL Appraises technology-enabled methods for incorporating QoL measurements in medicine Highlights the success factors for adoption and scaling of technology-enabled methods This open access book presents the rise of technology-enabled methods and tools for objective, quantitative assessment of Quality of Life (QoL), while following the WHOQOL model. It is an in-depth resource describing and examining state-of-the-art, minimally obtrusive, ubiquitous technologies. Highlighting the required factors for adoption and scaling of technology-enabled methods and tools for QoL assessment, it also describes how these technologies can be leveraged for behavior change, disease prevention, health management and long-term QoL enhancement in populations at large. Quantifying Quality of Life: Incorporating Daily Life into Medicine fills a gap in the field of QoL by providing assessment methods, techniques and tools. These assessments differ from the current methods that are now mostly infrequent, subjective, qualitative, memory-based, context-poor and sparse. Therefore, it is an ideal resource for physicians, physicians in training, software and hardware developers, computer scientists, data scientists, behavioural scientists, entrepreneurs, healthcare leaders and administrators who are seeking an up-to-date resource on this subject.