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Handling user interruptions in an embodied conversational agent

Crook et al., 2010

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16547788767991618677
Author
Crook N
Smith C
Cavazza M
Pulman S
Moore R
Boye J
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Proceedings of the AAMAS International Workshop on Interacting with ECAs as Virtual Characters

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We present a mechanism for handling “barge-in” interruptions from a user who is engaged in a'social'conversation with an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA). The ECA is designed to recognise and be empathetic to the emotional state of the user. Occasionally …
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