“…Amalberti et al, 1993;Brennan, 1998;Cowan et al, 2019a;Le Bigot et al, 2007;Luger & Sellen, 2016;Meddeb & Frenz-Belkin, 2010a) based on our perceptions of a computer interlocutor!s knowledge and capabilities as a dialogue partner (An et al, 2021;Branigan et al, 2011;Cowan et al, 2019a), akin to the concept of audience design in HHD (Bell, 1984). Yet, recent findings have shown that increased adaptation towards computer partners -compared to human partners -is sometimes absent from language production (Cowan & Branigan, 2015;Cowan et al, 2015), or appears alongside more egocentric language choices (e.g., Dombi et al, 2022), challenging the notion of allocentric processes (e.g., audience design through perspective taking) as the sole driver for language production in HCD. That is, rather than being driven solely by consideration for the computer!s perspective, perceived knowledge, and capabilities (i.e.…”