Rapid Prototyping Collaborative Dialogue Interfaces

An increasing number of consumer products for everyday use offer the user advanced programming capabilities. Existing technologies offer the potential to design human-product interaction supported by collaborative dialogue. Collaboration can afford a rich level of conversation between product and user. However, there are few methods and tools for designers, requiring a minimum of software engineering experience, that support the rapid creation and exploration of possibilities afforded by collaborative interfaces. The current paper presents a design process and tool for the early design and rapid prototyping of collaborative dialogue interfaces.