Voice User Interfaces in Schools: Co-designing for Inclusion with Visually-Impaired and Sighted Pupils

@article{Metatla2019VoiceUI,
  title={Voice User Interfaces in Schools: Co-designing for Inclusion with Visually-Impaired and Sighted Pupils},
  author={Oussama Metatla and Alison Oldfield and Taimur Ahmed and Antonis Vafeas and Sunny Miglani},
  journal={Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  year={2019}
}
Voice user interfaces (VUIs) are increasingly popular, particularly in homes. However, little research has investigated their potential in other settings, such as schools. We investigated how VUIs could support inclusive education, particularly for pupils with visual impairments (VIs). We organised focused discussions with educators at a school, with support staff from local authorities and, through bodystorming, with a class of 27 pupils. We then ran a series of co-design workshops with… 
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