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Listening to your inner voices: investigating means for voice notifications

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Saurabh Bhatia,

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CHI '06: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1173 - 1176

https://doi.org/10.1145/1124772.1124947

Published: 22 April 2006 Publication History

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Our research investigates notification qualities of different types of voices, moving toward interfaces that support optimal allocation of attention to maximize system utility. We conducted an experiment to determine the interruption, reaction, and comprehension values of three different voice categories: the user's voice, a familiar voice, and an unfamiliar voice. Initial testing showed significant and impactful results: unfamiliar voices are the least interruptive, and a user reacts most quickly to one's own voice. Motivated by these findings, we report on the development and deployment of a notification system that exploits the differences in familiarity of a voice.

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Listening to your inner voices: investigating means for voice notifications
1. Human-centered computing
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CHI '06: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2006

1353 pages

ISBN:1595933727

DOI:10.1145/1124772

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