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Our greatest digital asset — our physical voice
A game-changer for content creators and adventurers
UX Design Essentials: Voice activation features + recordings
Few people are blessed with an outstanding recording voice. Consider the voice of classically trained stage and film actor James Earl Jones as Darth Vader, or the voice of the dynamic mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, or the ever-amazing Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, known professionally known as the Weeknd. Every time we hear their voices, we immediately know who they are and are drawn to them.
What about our own physical voice?
Although we easily converse on the phone, debate, or even sing, we rarely think about how we can engage our physical voice to enrich our life. Do we have confidence in our own voice? Have we experienced it?
Do we know how to apply our voice in a digital eco-environment and have it serve us back?
These are important questions we cannot ignore. We are, by default, not taught much how to use our voice outside our personal domain. Talking, singing, conversing, humming, making noises — these are functions considered to be private.
Voice device features remain hidden in plain sight
Nonetheless, within the digital ecosystem, voice options are also no longer the domains of only the professionally trained. Our voice is ours to use, ours to depend on and engage with. But we need to know how.
At the touch of a button
Voice engagement is easy, it comes with a touch of a small button. Look for the microphone icon within your apps. Explore them!
