Conversational AI has become ubiquitous, and it is enhancing experiences at home, public spaces, during commuting and at leisure time. ‘Speech’, defined here as a human-computer Interaction modality driven by the human voice) is also opening new creative pathways for interaction designers, sound artists and musicians.
In this MasterClass, I present an introduction to Voice User Interfaces (VUIs), their main technical components and the multidisciplinary fields driving the agenda on speech interaction.