10 Best Articles on Voice Computing
The most useful articles on voice computing from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Voice Computing Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on voice computing by Refind users in 2023 so far.
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on voice computing—all under 10 minutes.
“Hey, Alexa! Are you trustworthy?”
MIT research finds that when families interact with a voice-user interface, like a smart speaker or social robot, they are more likely to trust the device, engage with it, and find it to be competent…
Alexa tells 10-year-old girl to put penny in plug socket
Amazon has fixed its voice assistant so that it will not suggest the dangerous “challenge” again.
How a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting—and Surveillance—Easy
Alexa can tell you the weather. Siri knows a few jokes. In China, voice-computing company iFlytek built similar smart assistants beloved by users. But its tech is also helping the government listen…
Apple, Google, and Amazon are teaming up to develop an open-source smart home standard
So everything will just work with whatever smart assistant you already have.
Psychiatrist: America's 'Extremely Punitive' Prisons Make Mental Illness Worse
Dr. Christine Montross says people with serious mental illnesses in the U.S. are far more likely to be incarcerated than to be treated in a psychiatric hospital. Her new book is Waiting for an Echo.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on voice computing.
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'Alexa, are you invading my privacy?'
There are more than 100m Alexa-enabled devices in our homes. But are they fun time-savers or the beginning of an Orwellian nightmare
Voice User Interfaces (VUI) — The Ultimate Designer’s Guide
The fundamentals that empower us to converse with our devices
Combining Graphical And Voice Interfaces For A Better User Experience
With the appearance of voice user interfaces, AI and chatbots, **what is the future of graphical user interfaces** (GUIs)? Don’t worry: Despite some dark predictions, GUIs will stay around for many years to come. Let me share my personal, humble predictions and introduce multi-modal interfaces as a more human way of communication between user and machine. The old wisdom that a picture is w
Design patterns in voice interfaces
Do VUI patterns exist? Are they useful? Where can we find them?
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