Humans, Computers and Wizards - Human (Simulated) Computer Interaction

Using data taken from a major European Union funded project on speech understanding, the SunDial project, this book considers current perspectives on human computer interaction and argues for the value of an approach taken from sociology which is based on conversation analysis.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Sociology and Human–Machine Dialogue; Chapter 2 Inspiration, Observation and the Wizard of OZ; Chapter 3 The Surrey WOZ Simulation Procedure; Chapter 4 Conversation Analysis; Chapter 5 Getting Started; Chapter 6 Turn-Taking, Overlaps and Closings; Chapter 7 Some General Features of the Organisation of Repair; Chapter 8 Some Repair Strategies Analysed; Chapter 9 Conversation Analysis, Simulation and System Design;

About the author

Fraser, Norman; Gilbert, Nigel; McGlashan, Scott; Wooffitt, Robin

Summary

Using data taken from a major European Union funded project on speech understanding, the SunDial project, this book considers current perspectives on human-computer interaction.

Product details

• Authors: Norman Fraser, Fraser Norman, Nigel Gilbert, Scott McGlashan, McGlashan Scott, Robin Wooffitt, Wooffitt Robin
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.07.1997
• EAN: 9780415069489
• ISBN: 978-0-415-06948-9
• No. of pages: 218
• Weight: 560 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; COMPUTERS / Speech & Audio Processing, Human-Computer Interaction, Human–computer interaction, COMPUTERS / Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Audio processing