cs.HC · 2026-10-01 · No. 130

Human-Computer Interaction, 2026-10-01.

2 new papers in cs.HC. Titles, authors, abstracts. Links to arXiv. Want this in your inbox every morning? Subscribe →

01 — The papers

2 entries
  1. 01

    Richard: Voice-First Mobile Interaction for Persistent Tasks

    Xinyang Chen

    cs.HC · cs.AI

    Mobile terminals need to provide application and network services while supporting users' control over their attention. We explore voice-first interaction organized around requests and delegated tasks, allowing users to leave a conversation and later inspect, revise, and retrieve the work. We present Richard, a system prototype that manages voice sessions, task execution, and result delivery separately, linking them through persistent request...

    arxiv.org/abs/2609.39976 · PDF

  2. 02

    Understanding Parents' Complex Views of AI for Children's Pretend Play

    Sungho Oh, Mohammad Namvarpour, Maxi Heitmayer, Minahil Khalid, Afsaneh Razi

    cs.HC · cs.AI

    AI could support children's pretend play, but it could also direct the play on behalf of children. Whether AI should have roles in children's lives is controversial because its influence on children remains uncertain. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 10 U.S. parents, each with at least one child aged 4-15. During the interview, we described the concept of AI-supported pretend play and provided participants with two boundary-case...

    arxiv.org/abs/2609.39906 · PDF

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