We assessed the effects of video modeling on acquisition and generalization of conversational skills among autistic children. Three autistic boys observed videotaped conversations consisting of two people discussing specific toys. When criterion for learning was met, generalization of conversational skills was assessed with untrained topics of conversation; new stimuli (toys); unfamiliar person...

Speech telecommunication systems are most frequently used in conversational situations. In this regard, assessing the quality of conversational speech is the fundamental requirement for system developers to classify and evaluate their systems. However, it is not enough to provide information about the overall quality, but also to point out sources for possible quality-losses. We present a follo...

Conversational agents (CAs) provide opportunities for improving the interaction in evaluation surveys. To investigate if and how a user-centered conversational tool impacts users' response quality their experience, we build EVA - novel course educational scenarios. In field experiment with 128 students, compared against static web survey. Our results confirm prior findings from literature about...