2 papers
cs.CL2026
Aligning Backchannel and Dialogue Context Representations via Contrastive LLM Fine-Tuning
Livia Qian, Gabriel Skantze
Backchannels (e.g., `yeah', `mhm', and `right') are short, non-interruptive feedback signals whose lexical form and prosody jointly convey pragmatic meaning. While prior computatio…
cs.RO2025
What Can You Say to a Robot? Capability Communication Leads to More Natural Conversations
Merle M. Reimann, Koen V. Hindriks, Florian A. Kunneman +3
When encountering a robot in the wild, it is not inherently clear to human users what the robot's capabilities are. When encountering misunderstandings or problems in spoken intera…