Designing a VUI — Voice User Interface
More and more voice-controlled devices, such as the Apple HomePod, Google Home, and Amazon Echo, are storming the market. Voice user interfaces are helping to improve all kinds of different user experiences, and some believe that voice will power 50% of all searches by 2020.
Voice-enabled AI can take care of almost anything in an instant.
- “What’s next in my Calendar?”
- “Book me a taxi to Oxford Street.”
- “Play me some Jazz on Spotify!”
All five of the “Big Five” tech companies — Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook — have developed (or are currently developing) voice-enabled AI assistants. Siri, the AI assistant for Apple iOS and HomePod devices, is helping more than 40 million users per month, and according to ComScore, one in ten households in the US already own a smart speaker today.
Whether we’re talking about VUIs (Voice User Interfaces) for mobile apps or for smart home speakers, voice interactions are becoming more common in today’s technology, especially since screen fatigue is a concern.
