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We consider the task of retrieving online information in mobile environments. We propose question-answering as a more appropriate interface than page-browsing for small displays. We assess different modalities for communicating using a mobile device with question-answering systems, focusing on speech. We then survey existing research in spoken information retrieval, present some new findings, and assess the difficulty of the endeavor.
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Schofield, E., Kubin, G. (2002). On Interfaces for Mobile Information Retrieval. In: Paternò, F. (eds) Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices. Mobile HCI 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2411. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45756-9_44
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