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A refined voice experience for your chat bot

dynamic voice ux

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For this project, I wanted to redefine the best practice for the voice experience.  

There are countless ways to showcase voice UIs. In many cases, usually it just shows a simple mic flashing on the side

or as a separate overlay the blocks the whole page.

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As a user, I had always thought that either practice was very polar - one method is so small that you don't know when to start speaking, while the other method blocks all content

Case Study

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In my opinion, the best practice is in the Google Assistant interface, where both Chat UI and Voice UI are on the same page, as to create a more cohesive experience. The way Google Assistant handles both voice and typing is simply through a change in input fields. Google Assistant is voice-biased and will usually start by recording right away, but also has an icon to immediately call up the keyboard for the user to type their request.

Design

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The voice should start recording immediately after tapping mic icon the voice so the user does not need to do perform extra steps. A stop button should also be visible at all times to allow the user to take control of the recording

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A dynamic animation that follows the users voice indicates whether it is listening and processing

After processing, a quick activation  button should be present 

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