Designing Voice User Interfaces: Principles of Conversational Experiences

by Cathy Pearl

televisions also provide voice-assisted remote controls.

Personality is more than just the voice you choose and inserting cute responses;

voice.

Ironic.

range.

Though you can say "Max" or "min"

natural

Not necessarily natural. Perhaps short and clear it's not natural.

same kind of correction people use in speech

SSML, provides some tools for modifying pitch, speed, volume, and contour in TTS, but adds complexity to highly dynamic TTS.

Shamitha Somashekar, a principal product manager at Amazon Lab126

attenuation

“always on,” trust is a huge issue.

road noise alone makes it difficult.

cycle

I've heard that this is a big problem

VUI designers need to figure out a way to complete voice-initiated interactions without the screen as much as possible.

TeleLingo’s LingoFit

shared.

Usually only shared with people related to you though

answers.”

This doesn't work (well) if the same company doesn't control all the devices

Strawderman, who also worked on the Amazon Echo,

situation,

not in my experience