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With the advent of 500-channel digital TV, there is a need for sophisticated user interfaces that would enable the user to take full advantage of programme diversity. This paper describes the design of a conversational interface to an Electronic Programme Guide (EPG.) After reviewing dialogue modelling issues, we introduce our approach, based on a specialization of speech acts theory. On the basis of linguistic data, we suggest that besides specialized speech acts, it is necessary to consider an interpretative approach to speech act recognition.
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Cavazza, M. (2000). Dialogue Design for a “Virtual Interactive Presenter”. In: Vince, J.A., Earnshaw, R. (eds) Digital Media: The Future. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3646-0_17
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