Posted on July 29, 2018  Comments (1)

Technology can provide huge benefits when we take care to use it wisely. Considering usability is extremely important and we need to keep focusing on improving usability. This video shows an interesting application by Abhishek Singh’s to increase the usability of “smart speakers.” His app runs on a tablet allow a user to use American Sign Language to interact with Alexa (it displays Alexa’s responses in text on the table).

Related: Getting Closer to a Universal Translator (2010) – NASA You Have a Problem with Usability (2008) – Appropriate Technology and Focus on Improving Lives at MIT (2014)