Voice assistants means platform focus

• From: Cameron Cundiff <cameron@ckundo.com>
• Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 10:17:13 -0400
• To: public-voice-assistant@w3.org
• Message-Id: <94641A73-2195-4B84-AE27-5D31B93FCF3D@ckundo.com>

Hi folks,

Thinking about our focus on voice assistants and the limits of that.

I think conversational interfaces are a narrow subset of voice UI, are platform specific in implementation and design, and are limited modalities compared to generalized voice commands.

It’d be easier, in my opinion, to talk about standards for Voice UI than specifically assistants, because these assistants operate with different mental models compared to one another. 

Is this CG exclusively focused on Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri etc, or can it reach into general voice input for AR and VR, web, apps, etc? 

Is it limited to conversational interfaces, or can it include single turn commands, earcons, and speech playback?

Best,
Cameron

Received on Friday, 15 March 2019 14:17:36 UTC