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  <Title>Developments in Affect Detection in E-drama</Title>
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4 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> We have implemented a limited degree of affect-detection in an automated actor by means of pattern-matching, robust parsing and some semantic analysis. Although there is a considerable distance to go in terms of the practical affect-detection that we plan to implement, the already implemented detection is able to cause reasonably appropriate contributions by the automated character. We have conducted a two-day pilot user test with 39 secondary school students. We concealed the involvement of an earlier version of EmEliza in some sessions, in order to test by questionnaire whether its involvement affects user satisfaction, etc. None of the measures revealed a significant effect. Also, judging by the group debriefing sessions after the e-drama sessions, nobody found out that one bit-part character was sometimes computer-controlled. Further user testing with students at several Birmingham schools will take place in March 2006.</Paragraph>
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