Bootstrapping Development of a Cloud‐Based Spoken Dialog System in the Educational Domain From Scratch Using Crowdsourced Data. Issue 1 (24th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ramanarayanan, Vikram; Suendermann‐Oeft, David; Lange, Patrick; Ivanov, Alexei V.; Evanini, Keelan; Yu, Zhou; Tsuprun, Eugene; Qian, Yao
• Is Part Of: ETS research report series. Issue 1(2016:Jun.)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 7
• Publication Date: 2016-05-24
• Subjects: Spoken dialog systems -- crowdsourcing -- computer‐assisted language learning -- automated assessment; Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations; Universities and colleges -- Graduate work -- Examinations; Universities and colleges -- United States -- Entrance examinations; Universities and colleges -- United States -- Graduate work -- Examinations; Graduate Record Examination; Educational tests and measurements; Social sciences; Education -- Research; Education -- Research; Educational tests and measurements; Graduate Record Examination; Social sciences; Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations; Universities and colleges -- Graduate work -- Examinations; United States; 378
• DOI: 10.1002/ets2.12105
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2330-8516

Abstract

Abstract: We propose a crowdsourcing‐based framework to iteratively and rapidly bootstrap a dialog system from scratch for a new domain. We leverage the open‐source modular HALEF dialog system to deploy dialog applications. We illustrate the usefulness of this framework using four different prototype dialog items with applications in the educational domain and present initial results and insights from this endeavor. Abstract : Report Number: ETS RR‐16–16