{"id":502,"date":"2019-11-28T15:45:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T15:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~pszjf1\/?p=502"},"modified":"2020-02-25T21:23:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T21:23:35","slug":"voice-interaction-at-the-mrl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/?p=502","title":{"rendered":"Voice Interaction Research at the MRL"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p>Our research on voice interaction has recently been featured at various places online, and in talks and presentations.<\/p>\n<p>This is the attempt of an archive of highlights (most recent up top).<\/p>\n<h2>Stuart on Computerphile on &#8220;How Alexa Works&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Stuart Reeves in November 2019.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_41591\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qt4lliKBjRw?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Progressivity for Voice User Interface Design<\/h2>\n<p>Our paper with the above title won a Best Paper Award at the inaugural CUI &#8217;19 conference on Conversational User Interfaces, in Dublin, in August 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Download a free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~pszjf1\/papers\/CUI2019_Progressivity_authorversion.pdf\">PDF preprint.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(It&#8217;s in the ACM DL behind a paywall here\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=3342788\">https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=3342788)<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Designing for conversation with voice interfaces<\/h2>\n<p>An article in the ACM magazine Interactions, published in January 2019 is here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/interactions.acm.org\/archive\/view\/january-february-2019\/this-is-not-what-we-wanted\">http:\/\/interactions.acm.org\/archive\/view\/january-february-2019\/this-is-not-what-we-wanted<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or with nicer layout in the ACM DL:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=3296699\">https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=3296699<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Voice interfaces in everyday life<\/h2>\n<p>Martin Porcheron presenting our CHI 2018 paper (Porcheron et al., 2018). The paper has\u00a0received a CHI Best Paper Award, awarded to the top 1% of accepted papers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_59636\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CE_p4z0y-xw?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&modestbranding=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>Martin also wrote a blog post summarising the\u00a0findings of the paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.porcheron.uk\/blog\/examining-amazon-echo-use-in-the-home\">https:\/\/www.porcheron.uk\/blog\/examining-amazon-echo-use-in-the-home<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The trouble with voice interfaces<\/h2>\n<p>A &#8220;CHI lite&#8221; talk I gave in Montr\u00e9al in April 2018, collocated with CHI 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CHI-lites-talk-2018-abstract.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-503 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CHI-lites-talk-2018-abstract-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"CHI lites talk 2018 abstract\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CHI-lites-talk-2018-abstract-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CHI-lites-talk-2018-abstract-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CHI-lites-talk-2018-abstract-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/CHI-lites-talk-2018-abstract.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_98367\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gg8VU9NJqRU?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&modestbranding=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">VUX World podcast<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Martin is featured on the VUX World podcast at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vux.world\/how-people-really-use-amazon-alexa\/\">https:\/\/vux.world\/how-people-really-use-amazon-alexa\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/martin-podcast-2018.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-515\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/martin-podcast-2018-1024x856.jpeg\" alt=\"martin podcast 2018\" width=\"1024\" height=\"856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/martin-podcast-2018-1024x856.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/martin-podcast-2018-300x251.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/martin-podcast-2018.jpeg 1271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Talking with machines?\u00a0Voice interfaces and conversation design<\/h2>\n<p>Stuart Reeves presenting at Interaction 18 (IxD 18). A Medium post on the talk is available at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@5tuartreeves\/talking-with-machines-voice-interfaces-and-conversation-design-19f80d625c55\">https:\/\/medium.com\/@5tuartreeves\/talking-with-machines-voice-interfaces-and-conversation-design-19f80d625c55<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/254694747\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Talking with Alexa at home<\/h2>\n<p>Martin and Stuart wrote a guest blog for ROLSI, the journal\u00a0<i>Research on Language and Social Interaction<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rolsi.net\/2018\/02\/16\/guest-blog-talking-with-alexa-at-home\/\">https:\/\/rolsi.net\/2018\/02\/16\/guest-blog-talking-with-alexa-at-home\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/screen-shot-2018-02-16-at-08-00-37.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-507 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/screen-shot-2018-02-16-at-08-00-37.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2018-02-16-at-08-00-37\" width=\"500\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/screen-shot-2018-02-16-at-08-00-37.png 500w, https:\/\/people.cs.nott.ac.uk\/pszjf1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/screen-shot-2018-02-16-at-08-00-37-300x118.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>References<\/h4>\n<p>Martin Porcheron, Joel E. Fischer, Stuart Reeves, and Sarah Sharples. 2018.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~jef\/papers\/CHI2018-VoiceInterfaces.pdf\">Voice Interfaces in Everyday Life<\/a>. To appear in\u00a0<i>Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference\u00a0on Human Factors in Computing Systems.<\/i>\u00a0<em>(CHI \u201918).\u00a0<\/em>ACM Press. DOI:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3173574.3174214\"><em>\u00a0<\/em>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3173574.3174214<\/a>\u00a0[Best Paper Award]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our research on voice interaction has recently been featured at various places online, and in talks and presentations. This is the attempt of an archive of highlights (most recent up top). Stuart on Computerphile on &#8220;How Alexa Works&#8221; Stuart Reeves in November 2019. 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