[voiceinteraction] names for assistants

• From: Deborah Dahl <Dahl@conversational-Technologies.com>
• Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:41:26 -0400
• To: <public-voiceinteraction@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <c75701db0f61$625084d0$26f18e70$@conversational-Technologies.com>

Gerard and I talked today about names that we could use instead of "personal assistant" that better reflect the technology we've
been talking about.
We wanted to rule out "personal assistant" because that doesn't apply to generic cloud assistants, which aren't personal. We also
wanted to rule out "virtual assistant" because, as Noreen pointed out, it is often used for human assistants
(https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-voiceinteraction/2024Sep/0005.html)
Some of the other possibilities were listed by Gerard in his email
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-voiceinteraction/2024Sep/0006.html.
The one Gerard and I liked the best was "conversational assistant" .
Opinions?

Received on Wednesday, 25 September 2024 15:41:30 UTC