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SURVEY ON ERROR CORRECTION FACILITIES IN VOICE SYSTEMS I am conducting a research project at Carnegie Mellon University on error correction in speech user interfaces. To get an overview what error correction methods are used in current voice systems and how user feel about them I would appreciate your response to the informal questionnaire attached below. Please cut and paste, and send your response back to >>>>> bsuhm@cs.cmu.edu <<<<<< Your response will be treated confidentially. Thank you for your time Bernhard Suhm ===== cut here ==== cut here ==== cut here ==== cut here ==== 1) Please rank the following features of a voice system, how important they are in your judgement? (paste the features listed below into the appropriate rank) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. baseline recognition accuracy integration in other applications, macros error correction adding of words to the lexicon OTHER (please specify) 2) What are the methods to indicate that an error occurred, and to locate which word was misrecognized? (mark all that apply) ( ) voice keyword to indicate error (e.g. "oops") ( ) mouse click on erroneous words ( ) OTHER (please specify) 3) What are the methods to correct errors, once it has been located? (mark all that apply) ( ) type word ( ) select among list of alternatives provided for the located error, by voice command (e.g. "choose 4") or mouse click ( ) spell word (e.g. DD spell mode) ( ) re-speak word ( ) OTHER (please specify) 4) Overall, do you think your system's error correction facilities are effective, i.e. allow to correct all errors within a reasonable amount of time? (yes/no, comments optional) 5) How do you feel about switching modalities? ( ) prefer to use speech only ( ) like possibility to use keyboard/mouse in addition to speech ( ) would like to use handwriting in addition 6) OPTIONAL: Which product do you use? (mark your system with 'X') ( ) Dragon Dictate ( ) IBM Voicetype ( ) Kurzweil Voice ( ) OTHER (please specify)