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Contextual push-to-talk: shortening voice dialogs to improve driving performance

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We present a driving simulator-based evaluation of a new technique for simplifying in-vehicle device interactions and thereby improving driver safety. We show that the use of multiple, contextually linked push-to-talk buttons (Multi-PTT) shortens voice dialog duration versus the use of a conventional, single push-to-talk button (Single-PTT). This benefit comes without detriment to driving performance or visual attention to the forward roadway. Test subjects also preferred the Multi-PTT approach over the conventional approach, and reported that it imposed a lower cognitive workload.

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MobileHCI '10: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
September 2010
552 pages
ISBN:9781605588353
DOI:10.1145/1851600
  • General Chairs:
  • Marco de Sá,
  • Luís Carriço,
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  • Nuno Correia
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  1. driving simulation
  2. listen button
  3. multimodality
  4. push-to-talk
  5. speech recognition
  6. voice dialogs

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