We had a busy first month on the project, developing our plans for the first domestic studies, and working on the ethical review documents.

The study materials are now nearly finalised, and work has begun on the toolkit for prototyping conversational interfaces.

We have run pilots with colleagues in the HCT lab at Sussex, and once we have ethical approval we will start recruitment for participants.

We are looking forward to presenting work on earlier pilots at the Voice-based Conversational UX Studies and Design Workshop at the CHI 2018 conference next month, in Montréal.

Here’s sneak preview of our Wizard of Oz prototyping setup: