W3C

– DRAFT –
Voice Interaction

25 September 2024

Attendees

Present
Debbie, Gerard
Regrets
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Chair
Debbie
Scribe
ddahl

Meeting minutes

gerard: Have you seen that paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.07864 please ?

debbie: looks very comprehensive

names for conversational assistant

debbie: we can rule out Personal Assistant

debbie: sometimes "virtual assistant" is used for people

debbie: what's left "digital assistant", "conversational assistant"

gerard: i wish we could develop something like the PDA now, with personal data stored on the device. It should still be fine to search the web and send anonymized data
… Siri, Alexa, Google, are all trying to get your data to do advertising

gerard: on the web you still have cookies

debbie: we can't decide with just the two of us.

debbie: maybe "intelligent assistant" would be an option
… should not use voice or chatbot

gerard: conversational assistant sounds good to me

gerard: PDA is still useful

debbie: but that might confuse the hardware and software

gerard: in French we have the word "major domo", like a butler

debbie: I'll send a message with the alternatives, including the ones that Gerard and I think should be ruled out, and the one that the two of us like, which is "conversational assistant", so that we can continue the discussion on email.

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All speakers: debbie, gerard

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