Building Web Empathy - A Voice Interface Approach
[ UUID ] e6277b5b-3015-4124-a779-006c34b3f2d4
[ Session Name ] Building Web Empathy - A Voice Interface Approach [ Primary Space ] Digital Inclusion [ Secondary Space ] Openness
[ Submitter's Name ] Mauricio Palma [ Submitter's Affiliated Organisation ] SinnerSchrader [ Submitter's GitHub ] @palmaswell
[ Language ] Spanish
[ Localisation Support Requested ] No, I can host the session myself
What will happen in your session?
Empathy is the ability to understand and feel another person’s perspectives, experiences, and points of view. It is a very important skill for building truly inclusive web applications. But in designing and developing web applications our cognitive biases often cloud our perspective.
In this workshop we will dive into the story behind 3 personas with different disability spectrums; permanent, temporary and situational. The attendees will be separated into groups and receive cards from the game Questions & Empathy, a strategic game to gain deeper insights into these personas so we can develop accessible voice interfaces. Based on the understanding we will gain, the attendees will be able to develop a feature using the speech recognition API provided in the workshop.
What is the goal or outcome of your session?
Learn that empathy it’s not only a skill but a powerful tool to better understand the users trying to interact with our web applications. Learn that understanding empathy as a tool is a valuable asset, but most importantly we will learn how to understand someone else feelings and perspectives.
Using the findings of the first half of the workshop, we will develop one feature using the provided application that includes the Speech Recognition API as a starting point. We will understand that accessibility and inclusiveness are the core concerns of our web applications.
If your session requires additional materials or electronic equipment, please outline your needs.
I will only require wifi access, thanks.
Time needed
90 mins