012: Voice as UI, with Scott Ryan-Hart

Special guest Scott Ryan-Hart joins the show to discuss Voice as a User Interface.

Episode 012: Voice as UI, with Scott Ryan-Hart

In This Episode:

We explore how our vocal chords control our electronic devices, and why the current implementations are leaving a bad taste in our mouth. Scott Ryan-Hart joins us as he is currently finishing up his Master's at Kent State University for User Experience Design. His thesis is about the mismatch between the user's mental model of Siri, and the conceptual model of Siri — and marketing's role in that.

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Show Notes & LinksIntro

Kent State: Masters in User Experience DesignWikipedia: SiriCult of Mac: Apple’s 1987 Vision of the Knowledge NavigatorThe Wall Street Journal (2012): Siri’s fast adoption for certain thingsThe Wall Street Journal (2011): How Siri got it’s ‘tudeDaring Fireball: Siri ImprovementsJournal of Network and Computer Applications (2008): Hands-free & AccessibilityTechBlog (2015): Full list of Siri commandsUXmas (2012): The 4 H’s of Writing Error MessagesThe New York Times (2014): How One Boy With Autism Became BFF With Apple’s Siri

Bryan: Digital Assistants and their place in Education (Starts at 7:32)

Bryan Brush with a Blue Power Ring by Scott Ryan-Hart

Powerful Learning Network (2012): Teaching in the Age of SiriConcordia Online Education (2013): Does Apple’s Siri Belong in the Classroom?Amazon: A lovely TI–84 Graphing CalculatorThe New Yorker (2005): The Old Man Effect — RecordsTechdirt (2011): The Old Man Effect — Printing PressSkwirk: Home appliances give us more time, but possibly more to doIsaac Asimov: The Feeling of PowerMinecraft’s Official SiteLego: Digital DesignerPhoto: The Humans of Wall-E

Sam: Perceptive User Interface (Starts at 17:14)

Sam Bantner with an Orange Power Ring by Scott Ryan-Hart

Microsoft Research — Matthew Turk: Perceptual User InterfacesPerceptual User Interfaces GroupCooper (2012): The best interface is no interfaceDefinition: User Interface (UI)Hongkiat (2013): 8 “Next-Gen” User InterfacesAmazon: Mindflex — A brain controlled toyUX Magazine (2012): Cognitive LoadHarvard: SUPPLE — Automatically generating personalized user interfacesWikipedia: Power Ring

Sean: Designing for Voice (Starts at 26:50)

Sean Doran with a Green Power Ring by Scott Ryan-Hart

TechBlog (2015): Full list of Siri commandsMedium (2014): Towards a New Information ArchitectureUX Matters (2012): The Importance of Knowing User IntentUX Magazine (2011): Learning InterfacesAmazon EchoWikipedia: Natural Language ProcessingQuora: Her & SiriiMore (2014): How to make Siri not use the default Maps app for directionsSlack APIFacebook DevelopersQuora: Does Siri have an API?Gigaom (2012): Live by the API, Die by the APINuance: Dragon NaturallySpeakingLifehacker (2015): A week of voiceApple: Voice ControlAndroid Origin (2015)Siri v. Cortana v. Google Now Different LanguagesGizmodo (2014): Siri v. Cortana v. Google Now Comparison (2014)Wikipedia: Guardians of the GalaxyWikipedia: Guardians of the UniverseWikipedia: Power Ring

Contact Scott Ryan-Hart

Twitter: Scott Ryan-Hart is @mmmmmpig20 Questions Tuesday

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