Prediction and Conversational Momentum in an Augmentative Communication System

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 46-57

  Arnott, John L ^a   Newell, Alan F ^a   Alm, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

augmented transition networks; dialogue design; discourse analysis; user interfaces

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER OPERATING PROCEDURES; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; DOS;

CHAT COMPUTER-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 0026855076     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/129875.129878     Document Type: Article

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