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What is VUIchallenge?
VUIchallenge provides a structured program designed to teach Voice User Interface (VUI) design through practical application. It delivers 100 daily challenges directly to users' email inboxes over 100 days, completely free of charge. This platform is aimed at individuals seeking to develop or enhance their skills in creating voice-controlled products like those for Alexa, Google Assistant, or Siri, using a hands-on, learning-by-doing methodology.
The curriculum is thoughtfully divided into three progressive difficulty levels: easy, medium, and difficult, ensuring a gradual learning curve suitable for beginners and experienced designers alike. Furthermore, the challenges cover four distinct VUI design categories: interaction, business, product, and personality, offering a comprehensive understanding of the field. Participants are encouraged to design solutions for each challenge and share their work on social media platforms using the #VUIchallenge hashtag to receive feedback from the broader voice design community.
Features
- Daily Email Challenges: Receive one VUI design challenge per day via email for 100 days.
- Structured Learning Levels: Challenges are split into easy, medium, and difficult levels for progressive learning.
- Comprehensive Categories: Covers four key VUI design areas: interaction, business, product, and personality.
- Community Feedback Loop: Encourages sharing solutions on social media (#VUIchallenge) for community input.
- Partner Perks: Offers exclusive deals and discounts from partners for active participants.
- 100% Free Program: The entire 100-day challenge program is offered at no cost.
Use Cases
- Learning VUI design fundamentals.
- Practicing conversation design skills daily.
- Building a VUI design portfolio through challenge solutions.
- Preparing for a career in voice interface design.
- Enhancing existing VUI design expertise with varied challenges.
- Connecting with the VUI/CxD community.
FAQs
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What is VUI?
VUI stands for Voice User Interface and it's referred to those products that users can control with their voice using natural language. Some examples of VUIs are Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri, or Bixby. -
What is CUI?
CUI stands for Conversation User Interface and refers to all those products users can control using natural language in its different formats: written, spoken, and multimodal. -
What is CxD?
CxD is an acronym for conversation design. Conversation design covers the different conversation interfaces, like voice assistants, chatbots, IVRs, multimodal interfaces, etc. -
Do I need any previous knowledge to participate?
No. The complexity of the challenges is incremental, starting from very easy ones and guiding you in your learning experience to more complex ones, with tips and additional documentation. -
Is VUIchallenge sufficient on its own to master VUI design?
It depends on the individual. Some designers learn well by doing, while others may prefer additional guided training. Resources like Conversation Design Institute offer more detailed training.
