{{Short description|Computer interface emulating a conversation}} A '''conversational user interface''' (CUI) is a user interface for computers that emulates a conversation with a human. Historically, computers have relied on text-based user interfaces and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) (such as the user pressing a "back" button) to translate the user's desired action into commands the computer understands. While an effective mechanism of completing computing actions, there is a learning curve for the user associated with GUI.<ref>{{cite web |title=Conversational Interfaces: Where Are We Today? Where Are We Heading? |website=Smashing Magazine |date=18 July 2016 |url=https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/07/conversational-interfaces-where-are-we-today-where-are-we-heading/ |ref={{SfnRef|Smashing Magazine}} |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref> Instead, CUIs provide opportunity for the user to communicate with the computer in their natural language rather than in a syntax specific commands.<ref>{{cite web |last=Brownlee |first=John |title=Conversational Interfaces, Explained |website=Co.Design |date=2016-04-04 |url=https://www.fastcodesign.com/3058546/conversational-interfaces-explained |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407112355/https://www.fastcodesign.com/3058546/conversational-interfaces-explained |access-date=2026-03-03 |archive-date=2016-04-07}}</ref>
==See also== * Chatbot * Voice user interface * Natural language processing * User interface design * Artificial conversational entity
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Category:Human–computer interaction Category:Natural language processing