Making Everyday Things Talk: Speculative Conversations into the Future of Voice Interfaces at Home

Reddy, A; Kocaballi, AB; Nicenboim, I; Søndergaard, MLJ; Lupetti, ML; Key, C; Speed, C; Lockton, D; Giaccardi, E; Grommé, F; Robbins, H; Primlani, N; Yurman, P; Sumartojo, S; Phan, T; Bedö, V; Strengers, Y

Making Everyday Things Talk: Speculative Conversations into the Future of Voice Interfaces at Home

Reddy, A Kocaballi, AB Nicenboim, I Søndergaard, MLJ Lupetti, ML Key, C Speed, C Lockton, D Giaccardi, E Grommé, F Robbins, H Primlani, N Yurman, P Sumartojo, S Phan, T Bedö, V Strengers, Y

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Citation:: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2021, pp. 1-16
Issue Date:: 2021-05-08

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dc.contributor.author	Reddy, A
dc.contributor.author	Kocaballi, AB
dc.contributor.author	Nicenboim, I
dc.contributor.author	Søndergaard, MLJ
dc.contributor.author	Lupetti, ML
dc.contributor.author	Key, C
dc.contributor.author	Speed, C
dc.contributor.author	Lockton, D
dc.contributor.author	Giaccardi, E
dc.contributor.author	Grommé, F
dc.contributor.author	Robbins, H
dc.contributor.author	Primlani, N
dc.contributor.author	Yurman, P
dc.contributor.author	Sumartojo, S
dc.contributor.author	Phan, T
dc.contributor.author	Bedö, V
dc.contributor.author	Strengers, Y
dc.date.accessioned	2021-10-28T21:27:32Z
dc.date.available	2021-10-28T21:27:32Z
dc.date.issued	2021-05-08
dc.identifier.citation	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2021, pp. 1-16
dc.identifier.isbn	9781450380959
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/151257
dc.description.abstract	What if things had a voice? What if we could talk directly to things instead of using a mediating voice interface such as an Alexa or a Google Assistant? In this paper, we share our insights from talking to a pair of boots, a tampon, a perfume bottle, and toilet paper among other everyday things to explore their conversational capabilities. We conducted Thing Interviews using a more-than-human design approach to discover a thing's perspectives, worldviews and its relations to other humans and nonhumans. Based on our analysis of the speculative conversations, we identified some themes characterizing the emergent qualities of people's relationships with everyday things. We believe the themes presented in the paper may inspire future research on designing everyday things with conversational capabilities at home.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	ACM
dc.relation.ispartof	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
dc.relation.ispartof	CHI '21: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/3411763.3450390
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dc.subject	1202 Building, 1503 Business and Management
dc.title	Making Everyday Things Talk: Speculative Conversations into the Future of Voice Interfaces at Home
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
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What if things had a voice? What if we could talk directly to things instead of using a mediating voice interface such as an Alexa or a Google Assistant? In this paper, we share our insights from talking to a pair of boots, a tampon, a perfume bottle, and toilet paper among other everyday things to explore their conversational capabilities. We conducted Thing Interviews using a more-than-human design approach to discover a thing's perspectives, worldviews and its relations to other humans and nonhumans. Based on our analysis of the speculative conversations, we identified some themes characterizing the emergent qualities of people's relationships with everyday things. We believe the themes presented in the paper may inspire future research on designing everyday things with conversational capabilities at home.

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