Voice user interface
Also known as: VUI, Conversational interface, Voice interface
A human-computer interaction paradigm that uses speech as the primary input and audio output as the primary feedback channel. Voice user interfaces range from simple command-and-response systems to conversational agents with natural language understanding. VUIs offer significant accessibility potential by eliminating reliance on visual displays, but effective design requires attention to error recovery, output pacing, and maintaining voice interaction continuity without falling back to visual-only content.
Category: user experience · voice interface · accessibility
Related: Voice-activated personal assistant · Automatic speech recognition · Text-to-speech · Human-computer interaction