Barge-in effects in Bayesian dialogue act recognition and simulation

Heriberto Cuayahuitl*, Nina Dethlefs, Helen Hastie, Oliver Lemon

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Abstract

Dialogue act recognition and simulation are traditionally considered separate processes. Here, we argue that both can be fruitfully treated as interleaved processes within the same probabilistic model, leading to a synchronous improvement of performance in both. To demonstrate this, we train multiple Bayes Nets that predict the timing and content of the next user utterance. A specific focus is on providing support for barge-ins. We describe experiments using the Let's Go data that show an improvement in classification accuracy (+5%) in Bayesian dialogue act recognition involving barge-ins using partial context compared to using full context. Our results also indicate that simulated dialogues with user barge-in are more realistic than simulations without barge-in events.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding
Place of PublicationNew York
PublisherIEEE
Pages102-107
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding - Olomouc, United Kingdom
Duration: 8 Dec 201313 Dec 2013

Conference

Conference2013 IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding
Abbreviated titleASRU 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityOlomouc
Period8/12/1313/12/13

Keywords

  • spoken dialogue systems
  • dialogue act recognition
  • dialogue simulation
  • Bayesian nets
  • barge-in
  • USER SIMULATION

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