Background: The use of chatbots has increased considerably in recent years. These are
used in different areas and by a wide variety of users. Due to this fact, it is essential to …

Designed to improve human–machine interactions, virtual agents and particularly virtual
assistants (VAs) are spreading in our daily lives. Presenting a very wide variety of …

The present study identifies, organizes, and structures the available scientific knowledge on
the recent use and the prospects of Voice Assistants (VA) in private households. The …

Scripted dialogues such as movie and TV subtitles constitute a widespread source of
training data for conversational NLP models. However, there are notable linguistic …

Conversational agents can provide valuable cognitive and/or emotional assistance to
elderly users or people with cognitive impairments who often have difficulties in organizing …

BACKGROUND: Embodied conversational agents (ECA) are possible enablers of assistive
technologies, in particular for older adults with cognitive impairment. Yet, dedicated …

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by core
deficits in social interaction and communication. Collaborative puzzle games are interactive …

Background: Prior studies have demonstrated the safety risks when patients and consumers
use conversational assistants such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa for obtaining medical …

Although being a frequently occurring phenomenon in spoken communication, speech
overlaps did not obtain the deserved attention in research so far—in both Human-Human …

Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVE) have shown potential to be an effective social skill
training platform for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to learn and practice …