Voice-based Conversational Agents (CAs) are increasingly being used by children. Through
a review of 38 research papers, this work maps trends, themes, and methods of empirical …

Thanks to their conversational capabilities, smart speaker-based voice assistants are
gaining attention for their potential to support the aging population, though the empirical …

Over the past two years the Ubicomp vision of ambient voice assistants, in the form of smart
speakers such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home, has been integrated into tens of …

Voice assistants embodied in smart speakers (eg, Amazon Echo, Google Home) enable
voice-based interaction that does not necessarily rely on expertise with mobile or desktop …

As voice-based conversational agents such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant move
into our homes, researchers have studied the corresponding privacy implications …

Black older adults from lower socioeconomic environments are often neglected in health
technology interventions. Voice assistants have a potential to make healthcare more …

We explore a range of different metaphors used for Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) by
designers, end-users, manufacturers, and researchers using a novel framework derived …

Voice assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa and Google Home, increasingly find their way into
consumer homes. Their functionality, however, is currently limited to being passive answer …

Voice interaction has long been envisioned as enabling users to transform physical
interaction into hands-free, such as allowing fine-grained control of instructional videos …

Conversational assistants in the form of stand-alone devices such as Amazon Echo and
Google Home have become popular and embraced by millions of people. By serving as a …