[HTML][HTML] Charting the evolution and future of conversational agents: A research agenda along five waves and new frontiers

S Schöbel, A Schmitt, D Benner, M Saqr… - Information Systems …, 2024 - Springer
Conversational agents (CAs) have come a long way from their first appearance in the 1960s
to today's generative models. Continuous technological advancements such as statistical …

The last decade of HCI research on children and voice-based conversational agents

R Garg, H Cui, S Seligson, B Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Voice-based Conversational Agents (CAs) are increasingly being used by children. Through
a review of 38 research papers, this work maps trends, themes, and methods of empirical …

Exploring older adults' perception and use of smart speaker-based voice assistants: A longitudinal study

S Kim, A Choudhury - Computers in Human Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
Thanks to their conversational capabilities, smart speaker-based voice assistants are
gaining attention for their potential to support the aging population, though the empirical …

Use of intelligent voice assistants by older adults with low technology use

A Pradhan, A Lazar, L Findlater - ACM Transactions on Computer …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Voice assistants embodied in smart speakers (eg, Amazon Echo, Google Home) enable
voice-based interaction that does not necessarily rely on expertise with mobile or desktop …

[HTML][HTML] Design and evaluation challenges of conversational agents in health care and well-being: selective review study

AB Kocaballi, E Sezgin, L Clark, JM Carroll… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - jmir.org
Background Health care and well-being are 2 main interconnected application areas of
conversational agents (CAs). There is a significant increase in research, development, and …

Owning mistakes sincerely: Strategies for mitigating AI errors

A Mahmood, JW Fung, I Won, CM Huang - Proceedings of the 2022 CHI …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Interactive AI systems such as voice assistants are bound to make errors because of
imperfect sensing and reasoning. Prior human-AI interaction research has illustrated the …

Metaphors in voice user interfaces: a slippery fish

S Desai, M Twidale - ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We explore a range of different metaphors used for Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) by
designers, end-users, manufacturers, and researchers using a novel framework derived …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring how older adults use a smart speaker–based voice assistant in their first interactions: Qualitative study

S Kim - JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2021 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Smart speaker–based voice assistants promise support for the aging
population, with the advantages of hands-free and eyes-free interaction modalities to handle …

Designing robot sound-in-interaction: The case of autonomous public transport shuttle buses

HRM Pelikan, MF Jung - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Horns and sirens are important tools for communicating on the road, which are still
understudied in autonomous vehicles. While HRI has explored different ways in which …

OK Google, let's learn: Using voice user interfaces for informal self-regulated learning of health topics among younger and older adults

S Desai, J Chin - Proceedings of the 2023 CHI conference on human …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we present Health Buddy, a voice agent integrated into commercially available
Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) to support informal self-regulated learning (SRL) of health …