Revisiting “Hole in the Wall” Computing: Private Smart Speakers and Public Slum Settings
summary
Design workshops in Dharavi lead to a deployed Wizard of Oz probe—a weatherproof box with a Bluetooth speaker and mic linked to a phone and hidden human operators—that sits in alleys and squares and logs queries. Users most often ask wayfinding questions; other categories include basic facts, local train times/prices, recipes and occasional existential queries. Key constraints: limited power, monsoon and dust, noise, discoverability, and privacy. Suggested sustainability models include adverts, micropayments and a human-powered audio service for minority languages.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to speech interaction
- 1:52Speech appliances in public spaces
- 4:03Inspiration from Hole in the Wall
- 5:27Design workshops in Dharavi
- 10:49Deploying the speech probe
- 13:44Key results and differences
- 15:28Challenges and limitations
- 17:58Conclusion and future work
- 18:44Q&A session
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