
298 Coverbal Synchrony in Human-Machine Interaction
Our current version of the system learns to become better at taking
cooperative turns in real-time dialogue while it is up and running,
improving its own ability to take turns correctly and quickly, with
minimal speech overlap. The results are in line with prior versions
of the system, where the system interacted with itself over hundreds
of trials (Jonsdottir et al., 2008). Evaluation including human subjects
so far includes a within-subjects study of 5 minutes of continuous
interaction with each user (a total of 50 minutes), in three different
conditions: (1) A closed, noise-free, setup with ...