# DataPop: Knowledge Base Population using Distributed Voice Enabled Devices

## TL;DR

This paper introduces DataPop, a voice-enabled, multi-device game leveraging Amazon Alexa to crowdsource data for knowledge base population, enhancing efficiency through synchronized, game-based voice interactions.

## Contribution

It presents a novel game-based approach using voice interfaces for crowd-sourced data curation to improve knowledge base population.

## Key findings

- Enhanced data collection speed via voice interaction
- Synchronized multi-device gaming improves user engagement
- Effective crowd-sourcing through a trivia game format

## Abstract

Data scientists are constantly creating methods to efficiently and accurately populate big data sets for use in large-scale applications. Many recent efforts utilize crowd-sourcing and textual interfaces. In this paper, we propose a new method of curating data; namely, creating a multi-device Amazon Alexa Skill in the form of a research trivia game. Users experience a synchronized gaming experience with other Amazon Echo users, competing against one another while filling in gaps of a connected knowledge base. This allows for full exploitation of the speed improvement offered by voice interface technology in a game-based format.