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"MeBo Leaves a Piece of You Behind": Designing a Relational Voice-Based Memory Companion for Older Adults
Hasibur Rahman, Mahsa Nasri, Manasi Vaidya +3
Autobiographical remembering supports identity, well-being, and social connection in later life, yet voice-based memory technologies largely rely on isolated prompts. We designed a…
When a Story Feels Like Mine: How Personalized Narratives and Humor Shape Older Adults' Empathy toward LLM-Generated Peer Health Stories
Kexin Quan, Precious Olalere, Smit Desai +1
Peer stories have been shown to boost self-efficacy in older adults' health behavior change. Despite their effectiveness, peer stories are difficult to deploy in health promotion a…
Exploring the Feasibility and Acceptability of AI-Mediated Serious Illness Conversations in the Emergency Department
Hasibur Rahman, Kenji Numata, Evelyn T Lai +4
Serious illness conversations (SICs) align care with patients' values, goals, and preferences, yet they rarely occur in emergency departments (EDs), where time constraints and emot…
Conversational Successes and Breakdowns in Everyday Smart Glasses Use
Xiuqi Tommy Zhu, Xiaoan Liu, Casper Harteveld +2
Non-Display Smart Glasses hold the potential to support everyday activities by combining continuous environmental sensing with voice-only interaction powered by large language mode…
Toward Metaphor-Fluid Conversation Design for Voice User Interfaces
Smit Desai, Jessie Chin, Dakuo Wang +2
Metaphors play a critical role in shaping user experiences with Voice User Interfaces (VUIs), yet existing designs often rely on static, human-centric metaphors that fail to adapt…
Beyond Functionality: Co-Designing Voice User Interfaces for Older Adults' Well-being
Xinhui Hu, Smit Desai, Morgan Lundy +1
The global population is rapidly aging, necessitating technologies that promote healthy aging. Voice User Interfaces (VUIs), leveraging natural language interaction, offer a promis…
Using ChatGPT in HCI Research -- A Trioethnography
Smit Desai, Tanusree Sharma, Pratyasha Saha
This paper explores the lived experience of using ChatGPT in HCI research through a month-long trioethnography. Our approach combines the expertise of three HCI researchers with di…
Like My Aunt Dorothy: Effects of Conversational Styles on Perceptions, Acceptance and Metaphorical Descriptions of Voice Assistants during Later Adulthood
Jessie Chin, Smit Desai, Sheny Lin +1
Little research has investigated the design of conversational styles of voice assistants (VA) for adults in their later adulthood with varying personalities. In this Wizard of Oz e…