"What can I help you with?": infrequent users' experiences of intelligent personal assistants

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dc.contributor.authorCowan, Benjamin R.
dc.contributor.authorPantidi, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorCoyle, David
dc.contributor.authorMorrissey, Kellie
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Peter
dc.contributor.authorAl-Shehri, Sara
dc.contributor.authorEarley, David
dc.contributor.authorBandeira, Natasha
dc.contributor.funderUniversity College Dublinen
dc.contributor.funderH.W. Wilson Foundationen
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-26T09:08:07Z
dc.date.available2019-07-26T09:08:07Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.date.updated2019-07-26T08:56:31Z
dc.description.abstractIntelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs) are widely available on devices such as smartphones. However, most people do not use them regularly. Previous research has studied the experiences of frequent IPA users. Using qualitative methods we explore the experience of infrequent users: people who have tried IPAs, but choose not to use them regularly. Unsurprisingly infrequent users share some of the experiences of frequent users, e.g. frustration at limitations on fully hands-free interaction. Significant points of contrast and previously unidentified concerns also emerge. Cultural norms and social embarrassment take on added significance for infrequent users. Humanness of IPAs sparked comparisons with human assistants, juxtaposing their limitations. Most importantly, significant concerns emerged around privacy, monetization, data permanency and transparency. Drawing on these findings we discuss key challenges, including: designing for interruptability; reconsideration of the human metaphor; issues of trust and data ownership. Addressing these challenges may lead to more widespread IPA use.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity College Dublin (Seed Funding Scheme SF1191); H.W. Wilson Foundation (R12327)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.articleid43en
dc.identifier.citationCowan, B. R., Pantidi, N., Coyle, D., Morrissey, K., Clarke, P., Al-Shehri, S., Earley, D. and Bandeira, N. (2017) '"What can I help you with?": infrequent users' experiences of intelligent personal assistants', MobileHCI '17: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Vienna, Austria, 4-7 September, Article 43 (12pp). doi: 10.1145/3098279.3098539en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/3098279.3098539en
dc.identifier.endpage12en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-4503-5075-4
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/8253
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)en
dc.relation.ispartofMobileHCI '17: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
dc.relation.urihttps://mobilehci.acm.org/2017/
dc.rights© 2017, Association for Computing Machinery. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in MobileHCI '17: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services: https://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3098279.3098539en
dc.subjectSpeech interfacesen
dc.subjectUser experienceen
dc.subjectTrusten
dc.subjectPrivacyen
dc.subjectIntelligent Personal Assistantsen
dc.title"What can I help you with?": infrequent users' experiences of intelligent personal assistantsen
dc.typeConference itemen
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