A flexible framework for developing mixed-initiative dialog systems

  • Authors:
  • Judith Hochberg;Nanda Kambhatla;Salim Roukos

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY;IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY

  • Venue:
  • SIGDIAL '02 Proceedings of the 3rd SIGdial workshop on Discourse and dialogue - Volume 2
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

We present a new framework for rapid development of mixed-initiative dialog systems. Using this framework, a developer can author sophisticated dialog systems for multiple channels of interaction by specifying an interaction modality, a rich task hierarchy and task parameters, and domain-specific modules. The framework includes a dialog history that tracks input, output, and results. We present the framework and preliminary results in two application domains.