AI Chat AI Image Generator AI Video Text to Speech

A 'Canny' Approach to Spoken Language Interfaces

08/21/2019

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by Roger K. Moore, et al.

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Voice-enabled artefacts such as Amazon Echo are very popular, but there appears to be a 'habitability gap' whereby users fail to engage with the full capabilities of the device. This position paper draws a parallel with the 'uncanny valley' effect, thereby proposing a solution based on aligning the visual, vocal, behavioural and cognitive affordances of future voice-enabled devices.

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