i know we all gave up on voice thanks to a decade of siri but it can be great ux

for ex: compare the cognitive load using self checkout vs ordering from a human

the latter is far easier – declarative and direct, zero eye hand coordination or ui to understand

“double cheese with fries; pay with card” <— clean

memebuilding • prev manifold.xyz, twilio.com

it can even be superhuman ux, because you don’t have to deal with the social norms and pleasantries required.

a lot of our voice interactions are skeuomorphic that way.

for example, the above can state payment method immediately, no pause, no upsells etc. likewise when I want weather with Siri, I say “weather”. A timer, “30m timer”.

Good compression. Superhuman ux.

this feels like a really bright spotlight down a previously dark always in my head. i don't think I've ever considered actively applying the "lens" of skeuomorphism to voice ux before—probably *because* voice ux is so often organic and intuitive

very interesting to think about!

That's when we are now in full time robots age. There are still a lot of people who don't really like such basic interactions with AI or robots.