Chapter 13

(1)

System:
What's the departure city?
Caller:
San Francisco.
System:
San Francisco. Is that correct?
Caller: Yes.
System: To what city?
Caller: New York.
System: New York. Is that right?
Caller: Yes.
System: Great. What day do you want to leave?
Caller: I wanna leave March fifth.
  System: March fifth. Is that correct?
  Caller: Yes.
 
(2)
System: What's the departure city?
Caller: San Francisco.
System: To what city?
Caller: To New York.
System: And on what date?
Caller: I'm leaving on March fifth.
System: Now let me confirm that: San Francisco to New York on March fifth. Is that correct?
Caller: Yes.
 
(3)
System: What's the flight number?
Caller: Sixteen fifty-five.
System: Now is this for arrival or departure information?
Caller: Arrival.
System: Let me confirm that: Flight 6355 arriving on-
Caller: No.
System: Sorry, which part should I change, the flight number or the date?
Caller: The flight number.
...
System: What's the flight number?
Caller: Sixteen fifty-five.
System: Let me confirm that: Flight 6355 arriving on-
Caller: No! <hang up>
 
(4)
Caller: Order status.
System: To better assist you in checking the status of your order, we need your order number. Please say your order number.
Caller: I don't know what it is. <reject>
System: I'm sorry, I didn't understand. Please say or key in your eight-digit order number. You can say, "Help" for more details.
Caller: Help.
System: Okay, here's some help. In order to assist you, we need your order number. Please speak naturally and say the eight digits of your order number. You can also enter them on your touchtone keypad.
Caller: <hang up>
 
(5)
System: What's the flight number?
Caller: . . . <reject>
System: What was that?
Caller: <reject>
System: I still didn't get it. Let's try another approach. What's the origin city of the flight?
Caller: Boston.
System: And what's the destination?
Caller: New York, Kennedy Airport.
System: Okay. And what time is it due?
Caller: Around noon.
System: Got it. American Airlines flight 135 will be arriving at JFK on time at 12:15 PM at gate 3.
 
(6)
System: What's the date of travel?
Caller: Um, I gotta get there by next Saturday. <reject>
System: I'm sorry, I didn't understand. Please say the date of travel-for example, "January eighth" or "April twenty-third."

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