Using Agentsheets to create a voice dialog design environment
Alexander Repenning, Tamara Sumner · 1992
Agentsheets is a [UU1 for building intcraclive, graphical systems.It combines (he sasc ut usc of a constmc(icrn kif with the flexibility of a visual programming cnvironmerst.Agcntshee{s uses a grid structure LO clarify spatial rclaiionships such as adjacency, relalivc wrd absolule position, dis[ancc, and orientation.System designers can use the Agcntsheets subslrale 10 quickly create l~ilOrcd, domain-specific graphical applications rcqtsiring simulation and spatial representations.The design and in~plemcnlation of a voice dialog design environment using lhe Agcnlshccts substrate is described.By using Agentshec.ts,a mixed [cam of professional voice dialog designers and academie rcscarchcrs were able to design and build a substantial core design mrv]ronmcnt in less lhan four months.