Wizard-of-Oz
HCI 中的一种研究方法：让参与者以为自己正在与自动化系统交互，而系统响应实际上由隐藏在幕后的研究者（'巫师'）实时操控或模拟。常用于尚未成熟的语音/对话系统原型测试。
English Definition
"An HCI research methodology in which participants interact with what they believe to be an autonomous system, but whose responses are actually generated (partially or fully) by a hidden human operator."
用法说明 · 针对中文母语者
常缩写为 WoZ。'Oz' 典出《绿野仙踪》，幕后操纵者被称为 'the Wizard'。在论文中通常以连字符形式出现。
常见错误
- ·误以为是影视作品名
- ·与黑箱测试 (black-box testing) 混淆——后者测试的是已存在的系统，WoZ 是用人工模拟尚未实现的能力
真实用例 · 3 条
"we observed 87 children and 27 adults interacting with three Wizard-of-Oz speech interfaces to arrive at answers to questions that required reformulation"
"To develop a better understanding of children's practices and preferences, we conducted an investigation with 87 children ages 5–12 interacting with three variations of a Wizard-of-Oz speech interface."
"we are not seeking to improve the state of the art in speech recognition or spoken dialog systems, but rather answer several open questions in speech interface design"