Spoken language, conversational assistive systems for people with cognitive impairments? – Yes, if.

Ramin Yaghoubzadeh and Stefan Kopp

The 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - Posters and Demos (ASSETS 2015)
Lisbon, Portugal, October 26-28, 2015

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Summary

We analyzed autonomous conversational spoken interaction as a modality for assistive systems in initial groups of older adults and people with cognitive impairments; we had previously explored this in a WOz setup. Solving a simple task in the domain of week planning, subjects readily interacted with the system. Performance was generally good, but dependent on successful adherence to a specific terse conversational style. Enforcing these patterns in a socially acceptable way during conversation is the next goal for the system.

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