Evaluation and comparison of natural language and graphical user interfaces in "query-by-impressions" scenes

• Published in: International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2004. Proceedings. ITCC 2004 Vol. 2; pp. 797 - 804 Vol.2
• Main Authors: Kumamoto, T., Ohta, K.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Las Alamitos CA IEEE 2004; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Artificial intelligence; Communications technology; Computer science; control theory; systems; Content based retrieval; Costs; Exact sciences and technology; Graphical user interfaces; Guidelines; Humans; Information retrieval; Layout; Music information retrieval; Natural languages; Speech and sound recognition and synthesis. Linguistics; Database query; User interface; Preference; Musical acoustics; Graphical interface; Graphical language; Information retrieval; Content-based retrieval; Natural language; User behavior
• ISBN: 0769521088; 9780769521084
• DOI: 10.1109/ITCC.2004.1286756

Impression-based retrieval of multimedia content is the best way of finding items that suit the preferences, feelings, or mental states of users. This kind of system presents a relatively short set of words that denotes impressions and users estimate one or more words from this with a graphical user interface (GUI) to input into the system. With this approach, an increased number of words presented leads to increased costs for the user, in terms of the time and labor required to enter impressions. Conversely, a set of words that is too limited will often leave users unable to accurately represent their target impressions. We therefore compare the accuracy of retrieval and convenience of using an NLI (natural language interface) and GUI, which we introduced into an impression-based music-retrieval system. The results reveal their respective advantages and disadvantages, and suggest guidelines on the design of a better NLI.