Turn-taking cues in task-oriented dialogue

Computer Speech and Language

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 601-634

  Gravano, Agustín ^a   Hirschberg, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dialogue; IVR systems; Prosody; Turn taking

Indexed keywords

BACK CHANNELS; COLUMBIA; DIALOGUE; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEMS; IVR SYSTEMS; PROSODY; SYSTEM USABILITY; TURN-TAKING;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 79952619484     PISSN: 08852308     EISSN: 10958363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csl.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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