Re: re Findable Help proposed success criteria

Hi Jennie,

The concern here (at least for me) is defining "effective", which is and
always will be subjective, right down to the individual end-user.

There is also the additional concern of why the chat-bot is there, and what
task or activity might be associated to that particular form of "help" -
i.e. the complexity of the task (for any individual) will have a direct
relationship on needing help and/or assistance, which might range from an
automated "FAQ" (i.e. one potential chatbot solution), versus at the end, a
user *absolutely* needing to have real-time human assistance.

In other words, there are different types (and levels) of "help", and if
the actual goal here is to provide real-time human assistance, then we need
to be crystal clear in scoping that out, which is but one form of help.

JF

On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 9:57 AM Delisi, Jennie (MNIT) <
jennie.delisi@state.mn.us> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Yesterday I had the opportunity to discuss the Findable Help proposed
> success criteria with the Accessibility Guidelines group. I think it went
> well, and there was both good feedback and a greater understanding of the
> challenges faced by some with cognitive disabilities as they try to
> complete a task and need help.
>
> I’m currently reviewing all the feedback, and will be reaching out with
> requests as I revise and prepare for Tuesday’s meeting when this will again
> be on the agenda.
>
> One suggestion from a group member was “I think we need data to back up
> automated chatbots being ineffective, especially since they might also be
> used in support pages or help content.”
>
> Another posed the concept of the best, most intuitive and helpful chatbot
> you could conceive of – what if someone makes that? Would it still fail
> this?
>
> So, I’m asking this COGA group:
>
>    1. Please send links to research you may have in regards to chatbots
>    not being effective.
>    2. Could you send a sentence or two about: If there was an ideal
>    chatbot, it would…?
>
> Please know that I am not confident that we could write enough specifics
> to make the chatbot piece doable for individuals with cognitive
> disabilities, however, I want to pose the question to this group since it
> was asked during the meeting.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jennie
>
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