Re: Voice assistants means platform focus

Brief explanation of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). 

https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/AAc/

Joseph

> On Mar 16, 2019, at 2:46 AM, Léonie Watson <lw@tetralogical.com> wrote:
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> I don't know much about Alternative and Augmentitive Communication (AAC) systems. Can you give us a simple description or point to some good descriptions elsewhere?
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> Also, what would the standardisation look like for an AAC system? What are the things that could be standardised?
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> 
> Léonie.
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>> On 16/03/2019 02:42, Joseph K O'Connor, wrote:
>> I'm interested in talking about standards for AAC systems. For instance, databases are not interoperable, even between different devices by the same manufacturer. This has very serious effects. Each time my daughter has to switch devices we have to remake all the grids, buttons, button behaviors, links between pages, find and upload pictures of people she interacts with, and deal with subtle changes introduced by the new software. Who will do this when we're gone? I fear for her future.
>> Thanks,
>> Joe
>>> On Mar 15, 2019, at 8:34 AM, Cameron Cundiff <cameron@ckundo.com> wrote:
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>>> Thanks Léonie. I’ll chime in with my interests too.
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>>> I’m curious to find emergent practices in Voice UI design, and figure out how to document and influence them.
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>>> Examples include: how to offer non-verbal alternatives to speech input for non-verbal users; expectations for accent support and internationalization; accommodations for AAC users and delayed speech; volume controls and defaults; enabling and disabling speech input and playback. To name a few.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Cameron
>>> 
>>>> On Mar 15, 2019, at 11:16 AM, Léonie Watson <lw@tetralogical.com> wrote:
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>>>> I think the original reason for this CG was to explore standardisation across the different voice assistants.
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>>>> This was in part an attempt to avoid the enduring problem already evident with native mobile development: cross-platform production is costly and complicated.
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>>>> There is also a counterpart in the UI that is far more common than it is for mobile: the burden of learning and swapping between assistants is high, but because of the significant differences in their capabilities, it's increasingly common to find households with devices from multiple providers.
>>>> 
>>>> That doesn't mean the CG needs to continue along this path, though we might need a name change if we alter course!
>>>> 
>>>> Phil, can you describe more about the things you mentioned? I'm not quite sure I understood the sort of thing you'd like the CG to explore.
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>>>> 
>>>> Perhaps with all the possibilities, it would help to throw some suggestions out as to the deliverables we might produce?
>>>> 
>>>> Léonie.
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>>>> 
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>>>>> On 15/03/2019 14:33, Phil Archer wrote:
>>>>> I don't speak for others but for my own POV we're not talking about
>>>>> established voice assistants like the ones you mention, no. My own
>>>>> interest - and I'm being led by Brian Subirana - is on talking to/about
>>>>> products ('cos GS1 is about commerce). Things like wake words that can
>>>>> be referenced - Brain might be able to jump in and say more.
>>>>> But to come to your point - I'd certainly be interested in voice UI in
>>>>> general, not specifically voice assistants.
>>>>> Phil
>>>>>> On 15/03/2019 14:17, Cameron Cundiff wrote:
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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