Elckerlyc goes mobile: enabling technology for ECAs in mobile applications

Randy Klaassen; Jordi Hendrix; Dennis Reidsma; Rieks op den Akker

Elckerlyc goes mobile: enabling technology for ECAs in mobile applications

Randy Klaassen, Jordi Hendrix, Dennis Reidsma, Rieks op den Akker

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The fast growth of computational resources and speech technology available on mobile devices makes it pos- sible for users of these devices to interact with service sys- tems through natural dialogue. These systems are sometimes perceived as social agents and presented by means of an animated embodied conversational agent (ECA). To take the full advantage of the power of ECAs in service systems, it is important to support real-time, online and responsive interaction with the system through the ECA. The design of responsive animated conversational agents is a daunting task. Elckerlyc is a model-based platform for the specification and animation of synchronised multimodal responsive animated agents. This paper presents a new light-weight PictureEngine that allows this platform to embed an ECA in the user interface of mobile applications. The ECA can be specified by using the behavior markup language (BML). An application and user evaluations of Elckerlyc and the PictureEngine in a mobile embedded digital coach is presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	BICOMM 2012
Subtitle of host publication	The 6th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies
Publisher	IARIA/Thinkmind
Pages	41-47
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61208-236-3
Publication status	Published - 23 Sept 2012
Event	Sixth International Conference on MObile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, UBICOMM 2012 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 23 Sept 2012 → 28 Sept 2012

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Conference	Sixth International Conference on MObile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, UBICOMM 2012
Period	23/09/12 → 28/09/12
Other	23-28 September 2012

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Elckerlyc goes mobile: Enabling natural interaction in mobile user interfaces
Klaassen, R., Hendrix, J., Reidsma, D., op den Akker, R., van Dijk, B. & op den Akker, H., Jul 2013, In: International journal on advances in telecommunications. 6, 1 & 2, p. 45-56 12 p.
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Klaassen, R., Hendrix, J., Reidsma, D., & op den Akker, R. (2012). Elckerlyc goes mobile: enabling technology for ECAs in mobile applications. In BICOMM 2012: The 6th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (pp. 41-47). IARIA/Thinkmind. http://www.thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=ubicomm_2012_2_40_10139

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Klaassen, R, Hendrix, J, Reidsma, D & op den Akker, R 2012, Elckerlyc goes mobile: enabling technology for ECAs in mobile applications. in BICOMM 2012: The 6th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies. IARIA/Thinkmind, pp. 41-47, Sixth International Conference on MObile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies, UBICOMM 2012, 23/09/12. <http://www.thinkmind.org/index.php?view=article&articleid=ubicomm_2012_2_40_10139>

Elckerlyc goes mobile: enabling technology for ECAs in mobile applications. / Klaassen, Randy; Hendrix, Jordi; Reidsma, Dennis et al.
BICOMM 2012: The 6th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies. IARIA/Thinkmind, 2012. p. 41-47.

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