'Natural' search user interfaces

Abstract

Users will speak rather than type, watch video rather than read, and use technology socially rather than alone.

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Index Terms

• Hardware

  • Communication hardware, interfaces and storage

• Human-centered computing

  • Collaborative and social computing

  • Human computer interaction (HCI)

• Information systems

  • Information systems applications

    • Multimedia information systems

• Networks