A Study of Usage and Usability of Intelligent Personal Assistants in Denmark

Toine Bogers*, Ammar Ali Abdelrahim Al-Basri, Claes Ostermann Rytlig, Mads Emil Bak Møller, Mette Juhl Rasmussen, Nikita Katrine Bates Michelsen, Sara Gerling Jørgensen

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Abstract

Intelligent personal assistants (IPA), such as Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, and Cortana, are rapidly becoming a popular way of interacting with our smart devices. As a result, there has been a wealth of research on all aspects of IPAs in recent years, such as studies of usage of and user satisfaction with IPAs. However, the overwhelming majority of these studies have focused on English as the interaction language. In this paper, we investigate the usage and perceived usability of IPAs in Denmark. We conduct a questionnaire with 357 Danish-speaking respondents that sheds light on how IPAs are used in Denmark. We find they are only used regularly by 19.9% of respondents and that most people do not find IPAs to be reliable. We also conduct a usability study of Siri and find that Siri suffers from several issues when used in Danish: poor voice recognition, unnatural dialogue responses, and an inability to support mixed-language speech recognition. Our findings shed light on both the current state of usage and adoption of IPAs in Denmark as well as the usability of its most popular IPA in a foreign-language setting.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelInformation in Contemporary Society : 14th International Conference, iConference 2019, Washington, DC, USA, March 31–April 3, 2019, Proceedings
RedaktørerNatalie Greene Taylor, Caitlin Christian-Lamb, Bonnie Nardi, Michelle H. Martin
Antal sider12
ForlagSpringer
Publikationsdato31 mar. 2019
Sider79-90
ISBN (Trykt)978-3-030-15741-8
ISBN (Elektronisk)978-3-030-15742-5
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 31 mar. 2019
Begivenhed14th International Conference on Information in Contemporary Society, iConference 2019 - Washington, USA
Varighed: 31 mar. 20193 apr. 2019

Konference

Konference14th International Conference on Information in Contemporary Society, iConference 2019
Land/OmrådeUSA
ByWashington
Periode31/03/201903/04/2019
NavnLecture Notes in Computer Science
Vol/bind11420
ISSN0302-9743

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