An Empirical Study on Voice-Enabled Web Applications

Although most users access Web applications using Web browser interfaces, pervasive computing offers new ways of accessing Internet applications from any device at any location. Pervasive computing technology impacts consumer attitudes, and the authors studied consumers' acceptance rate toward new pervasive interfaces using various attributes and factors. The study was undertaken in Taiwan, with the cellular phone chosen as the pervasive device for accessing an Internet application prototype--a voice-enabled Web system--through voice user interface technology. The study result showed that Handling was the most important factor in using a voice-enabled Web system. The article's findings can help with the design and