Why this matters
Voice changes the distance between a person and a product. It requires a precise model of listening, silence, turn-taking, confidence, privacy, and the handoff between speech, touch, and attention.
Concepts to learn
- Turn-taking
- Interruption
- Visible state
- Privacy
- Speech/touch handoff
Apply It in Casset
Casset is the working environment for this skill—not the curriculum itself.
- Use the Listening Companion experiment to make ducking, interruption, streaming, resume, and failure predictable.
- Keep spoken responses grounded in artist-approved information and catalog metadata.
Suggested project
Voice liner notes
A grounded voice companion that keeps source, state, and control visible.
Open project notebookEvidence of completion
These are completion conditions, not claimed achievements. Each stays planned until it links to a real artifact or verification.
- implementationAn interruptible voice prototypeplanned
- observationA quiet-room and public-context user testplanned
- testsTurn-taking and recovery evaluationsplanned
Open questions
- What does a respectful interruption sound like?
- How much state must remain visible when the interface is spoken?
Related notes
Books, talks, and useful things
- talkDesigning with soundGoogle Design
Reflection journal
A voice product needs a visible partner; silence is part of the state machine.