Sammendrag
To meet best-practice standards, we are developing an interactive virtual avatar to serve as a training tool to raise interviewing skills of child-welfare and law-enforcement professionals. Therefore, we present the “Ilma” avatar that recognizes whether interviewers are asking open-ended, closed and leading questions, and can automatically respond to the conversation. We conducted a user study in which masters students (n=3) and child protective workers (N=8) interviewed “Ilma” and rated their perceptions of the interaction. The results show that the participants valued the interaction and found the avatar useful. Thus, it has great potential to be an effective training tool
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