blogbyjoe

My newest project is a user interface which combines the opera browser, xhtml+voice and a sitepal avatar. The result is a web site user interface where a sitepal character interacts with the user. The sitepal character is a head shot photograph of a model. But its more than just a head shot because it is moves and it speaks exceptionaly well. It is very life like.

Being a guy i'm using a female sitepal avatar because guys enjoy looking at women. The sitepal avatar is my "SitePal Girl". She speaks a web page to you and everything else just like the opera voice at my web site. You can talk to her and she listens and responds to you just like the opera voice at my site.

I call the interface a "SPUI", pronounced [spoo (like spoon) + ee (like eat)]. It stands for sitepal user interface. It rhymes with GUI and VUI.

I'll be totally honest with you. Having used this user interface in my tests, i am convinced that this is where web sites are headed. I have no doubt any more that web sites will have a model of your choice who presents the site to you. No doubt.

You can use my voice user interface site at http://voice.codebyjoe.com/. You won't see the sitepal girl there. She's at a development site. She's not doing very much there right now as i'm working on all the classes that will bring her to life.