We can always break an arm or a leg, lose our sight temporarily, or even lose our voice at a friend's gathering. Just consider how many people use glasses in the world. When talking about accessibility, we must see beyond a special condition, especially in User Experience Design.
We love voice and conversational interfaces. And we are always open to innovative collaborations and idea exchange.
This article is about the inspiring collaboration between VUI.agency and the AMD Akademie Mode & Design in Munich, where eleven students explored the future of voice, and developed a future scenario. Under the guidance of some of VUI.agency’s specialists, the students went through all the phases of the design thinking process and developed a voice project prototype.
Five things that managers in general should know about NLU, even if they have absolutely no background in the field.
What are Visual Designers doing right now at their working desks? Well, we are mostly hired for our visual craft skills, meaning creating everything a brand, an artist, a book, or a room is communicating to you on a visual level. And then sometimes if your education implied a marketing focus as well, we are also hired for our brand strategy skills. So what is the problem with that? And why is this state changing or does it even have to change?
We took part in the Chatbot Africa & Conversational AI Summit 2021 and this is a follow up on our talk: “Contextual voice experiences.” There was a surprising amount of engagement and interest in the summit. It was interesting to connect with voice experts from the African region.
As people become more and more comfortable using voice user interfaces (VUI), expectations grow towards what customers expect from the products and services they purchase.
To stay competitive, companies need to start thinking about a voice strategy in order not to risk staying behind their competitors. In the same way, that it is not to doubt that a website is needed, it is not to doubt that a voice-first presence needs to be adopted.
Looking back to the past year, we can see how voice technology is exponentially growing. Spending time at home, the lack of communication with the outside world, and the rise of our internet usage are a few elements influencing the adoption speed. As Brian Roemmele (president of Multiplex) said, the Voice-First sector will continue to be the fastest adopted technology in history.
We really love language, conversations, and sustainability at VUI.agency. More than 70% of our team are linguists and language experts so you can imagine that besides creating the next best voice assistant for top brands, we also have a lot of talks and debates on a lot of topics.