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Towards User-Centric Guidelines for Chatbot Conversational Design

Human-Computer Interaction 2023-01-18 v1

Abstract

The conversational nature of chatbots poses challenges to designers since their development is different from other software and requires investigating new practices in the context of human-AI interaction and their impact on user experience. Therefore, this work aims to unveil chatbot conversational practices alongside their impacts on users to build a web guide to support designers while conceiving conversations for chatbots. We have carried out a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) to identify linguist, visual, and interactive elements used in chatbot conversational design. The SLR resulted in 40 selected studies that were reviewed and coded into a set of conversational guidelines that were evaluated through a survey. Respondents strongly agreed that applying the proposed guidelines in chatbot development would induce greater user satisfaction and user engagement and the guide is usable, flexible, clear, and understandable, making it a great ally in building chatbots with an improved user experience.

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@article{arxiv.2301.06474,
  title  = {Towards User-Centric Guidelines for Chatbot Conversational Design},
  author = {Geovana Ramos Sousa Silva and Edna Dias Canedo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.06474},
  year   = {2023}
}

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International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (2022)

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