Curious, what percentage of digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Cortana, Google) cite Wikipedia when a person asks a question?
Does the current Wikipedia mobile app support voice search?
Are there any reports on this? Thanks in advance!
Sincere regards,
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Stella, would you please clarify? Are you asking *which* of these four assistants note Wikipedia in their responses? I've experienced Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant sourcing information, depending on the context. I don't have firsthand experience with Cortana (other than the Windows 10 startup routine with a fresh machine image), although maybe someone on the list knows.
The Wikipedia for iOS and Wikipedia for Android apps get the inbuilt keyboard soft button microphone support for search contexts, although they're not arranged for this as their *primary* search behavior. I've seen user requests for and, incidentally, expressed interest in, this sort of thing (e.g., as a configuration option for launch), although it may not map up neatly to the user personas that would/do use the apps and would certainly require some deeper user experience review for consideration.
On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Stella Yu stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Curious, what percentage of digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Cortana, Google) cite Wikipedia when a person asks a question?
Does the current Wikipedia mobile app support voice search?
Are there any reports on this? Thanks in advance!
Sincere regards,
Stella
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Hello All,
Yes. Which of the digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana) source/cite Wikipedia? Are there any ongoing studies on the bias of digital assistants towards a specific source? Citing specifically means, when a user enables any of the above-mentioned digital assistants by asking, "What is or Who is" questions, when is Wikipedia a source?
Apologies for the grammar jumble.
Sincere regards,
Stella -- Stella Yu | STELLARESULTS | 415 690 7827 "Chronicling heritage brands and legendary people."
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Stella, would you please clarify? Are you asking *which* of these four assistants note Wikipedia in their responses? I've experienced Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant sourcing information, depending on the context. I don't have firsthand experience with Cortana (other than the Windows 10 startup routine with a fresh machine image), although maybe someone on the list knows.
The Wikipedia for iOS and Wikipedia for Android apps get the inbuilt keyboard soft button microphone support for search contexts, although they're not arranged for this as their *primary* search behavior. I've seen user requests for and, incidentally, expressed interest in, this sort of thing (e.g., as a configuration option for launch), although it may not map up neatly to the user personas that would/do use the apps and would certainly require some deeper user experience review for consideration.
On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Stella Yu stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Curious, what percentage of digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Cortana, Google) cite Wikipedia when a person asks a question?
Does the current Wikipedia mobile app support voice search?
Are there any reports on this? Thanks in advance!
Sincere regards,
Stella
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Thanks for clarifying.
I'm unsure about research about the frequency of sources - not sure if others on the list are aware of it or looking into it.
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 7:03 PM Stella Yu stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Hello All,
Yes. Which of the digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana) source/cite Wikipedia? Are there any ongoing studies on the bias of digital assistants towards a specific source? Citing specifically means, when a user enables any of the above-mentioned digital assistants by asking, "What is or Who is" questions, when is Wikipedia a source?
Apologies for the grammar jumble.
Sincere regards,
Stella
Stella Yu | STELLARESULTS | 415 690 7827 "Chronicling heritage brands and legendary people."
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Stella, would you please clarify? Are you asking *which* of these four assistants note Wikipedia in their responses? I've experienced Alexa,
Siri,
and Google Assistant sourcing information, depending on the context. I don't have firsthand experience with Cortana (other than the Windows 10 startup routine with a fresh machine image), although maybe someone on
the
list knows.
The Wikipedia for iOS and Wikipedia for Android apps get the inbuilt keyboard soft button microphone support for search contexts, although they're not arranged for this as their *primary* search behavior. I've
seen
user requests for and, incidentally, expressed interest in, this sort of thing (e.g., as a configuration option for launch), although it may not
map
up neatly to the user personas that would/do use the apps and would certainly require some deeper user experience review for consideration.
On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Stella Yu stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Curious, what percentage of digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Cortana, Google) cite Wikipedia when a person asks a question?
Does the current Wikipedia mobile app support voice search?
Are there any reports on this? Thanks in advance!
Sincere regards,
Stella
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On Aug 11, 2017, at 4:02 PM, Stella Yu stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Which of the digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, Cortana) source/cite Wikipedia?
I would assume that each of these device operators would have detailed analytics regarding the degree that they reuse Wikimedia content. Editors might be inspired to know the extension of reach thus provided. I wonder if the foundation, or some academic institution, might be a suitable intermediary to work with the operators to make this information generally available so as to encourage continued volunteer participation.
Ward, I think that quite a few editors would like to know, indeed,
best, Claudia
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On Aug 11, 2017, at 4:02 PM, Stella Yu
stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Which of the digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google
Assistant,
Cortana) source/cite Wikipedia?
I would assume that each of these device operators would have detailed analytics regarding the degree that they reuse Wikimedia content. Editors might be inspired to know the extension of reach thus provided. I wonder if the foundation, or some academic institution, might be a suitable intermediary to work with the operators to make this information generally available so as to encourage continued volunteer participation.
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Over the weekend, I tried a few voice queries with Cortana and noticed sometimes it sources things from Wikipedia in the Windows OS native component. And when I said "Wikipedia goldfish" it opened a browser to Bing with the search query.
Ward, I agree that an academic group or perhaps the Foundation might be in a position to ask or ascertain some sort of information. That said, I believe the information is pretty carefully guarded. I've in general wished to have a sense of aggregate changes (e.g., fluctuation of percentage of impressions involving Wikimedia content and the raw delta of Wikimedia-involved impressions) - for understanding impact, like you mention - even if the data had to be time delayed.
Claudia, I was curious, would you explain a bit more on editors wanting to know? Is it about broad reach numbers as Ward mentioned, or something else?
-Adam
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 2:12 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Ward, I think that quite a few editors would like to know, indeed,
best, Claudia
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On Aug 11, 2017, at 4:02 PM, Stella Yu
stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Which of the digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google
Assistant,
Cortana) source/cite Wikipedia?
I would assume that each of these device operators would have detailed analytics regarding the degree that they reuse Wikimedia content. Editors might be inspired to know the extension of reach thus provided. I wonder if the foundation, or some academic institution, might be a suitable intermediary to work with the operators to make this information generally available so as to encourage continued volunteer participation.
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Hi Adam,
Thank for sharing your experience. I'm very curious to see what ideas come up to study this.
Warmly, Stella Stella Yu | STELLARESULTS +1 650 281 6557 Mobile Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
-----Original Message----- From: Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org Sender: "Wiki-research-l" wiki-research-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.orgDate: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:02:48 To: Research into Wikimedia content and communitieswiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org Reply-To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: stella@stellaresults.com Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What percentage of digital assistants cite Wikipedia?
Over the weekend, I tried a few voice queries with Cortana and noticed sometimes it sources things from Wikipedia in the Windows OS native component. And when I said "Wikipedia goldfish" it opened a browser to Bing with the search query.
Ward, I agree that an academic group or perhaps the Foundation might be in a position to ask or ascertain some sort of information. That said, I believe the information is pretty carefully guarded. I've in general wished to have a sense of aggregate changes (e.g., fluctuation of percentage of impressions involving Wikimedia content and the raw delta of Wikimedia-involved impressions) - for understanding impact, like you mention - even if the data had to be time delayed.
Claudia, I was curious, would you explain a bit more on editors wanting to know? Is it about broad reach numbers as Ward mentioned, or something else?
-Adam
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 2:12 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Ward, I think that quite a few editors would like to know, indeed,
best, Claudia
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On Aug 11, 2017, at 4:02 PM, Stella Yu
stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Which of the digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google
Assistant,
Cortana) source/cite Wikipedia?
I would assume that each of these device operators would have detailed analytics regarding the degree that they reuse Wikimedia content. Editors might be inspired to know the extension of reach thus provided. I wonder if the foundation, or some academic institution, might be a suitable intermediary to work with the operators to make this information generally available so as to encourage continued volunteer participation.
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I've been trying to find info related to this question (also specifically related to usage of WikiData) but haven't been able to find anything. Was just wondering whether there has been any new research in this area since the question was posed last year?
Many thanks.
Best, heather.
Dr Heather Ford Senior Lecturer, School of Arts & Media https://sam.arts.unsw.edu.au/, University of New South Wales w: hblog.org / EthnographyMatters.net http://ethnographymatters.net/ / t: @hfordsa http://www.twitter.com/hfordsa
On 29 August 2017 at 19:27, Stella Yu | STELLARESULTS stellayu@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Adam,
Thank for sharing your experience. I'm very curious to see what ideas come up to study this.
Warmly, Stella Stella Yu | STELLARESULTS +1 650 281 6557 Mobile Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
-----Original Message----- From: Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org Sender: "Wiki-research-l" wiki-research-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.orgDate: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:02:48 To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities<wiki-research-l@ lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org Cc: stella@stellaresults.com Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What percentage of digital assistants cite Wikipedia?
Over the weekend, I tried a few voice queries with Cortana and noticed sometimes it sources things from Wikipedia in the Windows OS native component. And when I said "Wikipedia goldfish" it opened a browser to Bing with the search query.
Ward, I agree that an academic group or perhaps the Foundation might be in a position to ask or ascertain some sort of information. That said, I believe the information is pretty carefully guarded. I've in general wished to have a sense of aggregate changes (e.g., fluctuation of percentage of impressions involving Wikimedia content and the raw delta of Wikimedia-involved impressions) - for understanding impact, like you mention - even if the data had to be time delayed.
Claudia, I was curious, would you explain a bit more on editors wanting to know? Is it about broad reach numbers as Ward mentioned, or something else?
-Adam
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 2:12 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Ward, I think that quite a few editors would like to know, indeed,
best, Claudia
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On Aug 11, 2017, at 4:02 PM, Stella Yu
stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Which of the digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google
Assistant,
Cortana) source/cite Wikipedia?
I would assume that each of these device operators would have detailed analytics regarding the degree that they reuse Wikimedia content. Editors might be inspired to know the extension of reach thus provided. I wonder if the foundation, or some academic institution, might be a suitable intermediary to work with the operators to make this information generally available so as to encourage continued volunteer participation.
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Dr Ford,
Did u ever get an answer on this? I'm curious. I'm a poet and writer interested in passive routes by which Wikipedia content is increasingly "surfaced" and informing the construction of common knowledge. Fan of your work.
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On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 3:21 AM, Heather Ford hfordsa@gmail.com wrote:
I've been trying to find info related to this question (also specifically related to usage of WikiData) but haven't been able to find anything. Was just wondering whether there has been any new research in this area since the question was posed last year? Many thanks. Best, heather. Dr Heather Ford Senior Lecturer, School of Arts & Media , University of New South Wales w: hblog.org / EthnographyMatters.net / t: @hfordsa On 29 August 2017 at 19:27, Stella Yu | STELLARESULTS wrote: > Hi Adam, > > Thank for sharing your experience. I'm very curious to see what ideas come > up to study this. > > Warmly, > Stella > Stella Yu | STELLARESULTS > +1 650 281 6557 Mobile > Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Baso > Sender: "Wiki-research-l" Date: > Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:02:48 > To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities lists.wikimedia.org> > Reply-To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities > > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] What percentage of digital assistants cite > Wikipedia? > > Over the weekend, I tried a few voice queries with Cortana and noticed > sometimes it sources things from Wikipedia in the Windows OS native > component. And when I said "Wikipedia goldfish" it opened a browser to Bing > with the search query. > > Ward, I agree that an academic group or perhaps the Foundation might be in > a position to ask or ascertain some sort of information. That said, I > believe the information is pretty carefully guarded. I've in general wished > to have a sense of aggregate changes (e.g., fluctuation of percentage of > impressions involving Wikimedia content and the raw delta of > Wikimedia-involved impressions) - for understanding impact, like you > mention - even if the data had to be time delayed. > > Claudia, I was curious, would you explain a bit more on editors wanting to > know? Is it about broad reach numbers as Ward mentioned, or something else? > > -Adam > > On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 2:12 AM, wrote: > > > Ward, I think that quite a few editors would like to know, > > indeed, > > > > best, > > Claudia > > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > > From:Ward Cunningham > > To:Research into Wikimedia content and communities > > > > Cc:stella@stellaresults.com > > Sent:Sun, 13 Aug 2017 10:19:58 -0700 > > Subject:Re: [Wiki-research-l] What percentage of digital > > assistants cite Wikipedia? > > > > > > On Aug 11, 2017, at 4:02 PM, Stella Yu > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Which of the digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Google > > Assistant, > > > > Cortana) source/cite Wikipedia? > > > > > > I would assume that each of these device operators > > > would have detailed analytics regarding the degree > > > that they reuse Wikimedia content. Editors might > > > be inspired to know the extension of reach thus > > > provided. I wonder if the foundation, or some > > > academic institution, might be a suitable > > > intermediary to work with the operators to make > > > this information generally available so as to > > > encourage continued volunteer participation. > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki- > > > research-l > > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l @stellaresults.com> @lists.wikimedia.org> @c2.com> @w4w.net> @stellaresults.com> @lists.wikimedia.org> @> @lists.wikimedia.org> @wikimedia.org> @gmail.com>
In this context, what counts as citing?
On 5 August 2017 at 02:38, Stella Yu stella@stellaresults.com wrote:
Curious, what percentage of digital assistants (Alexa, Siri, Cortana, Google) cite Wikipedia when a person asks a question?
Does the current Wikipedia mobile app support voice search?
Are there any reports on this? Thanks in advance!
Sincere regards,
Stella
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