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Published in Bootcamp

·Updated Mar 11

Confessions of a conversation designer

5 Things I wish I knew before becoming a CxD — Last month, I unceremoniously acknowledged my 2 year anniversary as a full-time conversation designer. I write “unceremoniously” because I’m usually the kind of person to cling to every milestone and anniversary like cat fur on black clothing. I love milestones, and I’ve celebrated them before by writing blog posts 6…

Conversation Design

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Confessions of a conversation designer
Confessions of a conversation designer
Conversation Design

10 min read


Feb 1

Podcasts para aprender más sobre el diseño conversacional

Podcasts sobre diseño de interfaces de voz y chat — El diseño conversacional es una carrera relativamente nueva en la industria tecnológica, pero su importancia está creciendo rápidamente. La creación de asistentes virtuales, chatbots y aplicaciones de voz se está convirtiendo en una necesidad para muchas empresas en todo el mundo. Igual que el diseño UX, el diseño conversacional se…

Conversational Ai

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Podcasts para aprender más sobre el diseño conversacional
Podcasts para aprender más sobre el diseño conversacional
Conversational Ai

2 min read


Nov 11, 2022

Everyday Speech: Examples of TTS out in the wild

3 text-to-speech examples I’ve randomly encountered online — Long before the rise of Bev Standing’s iconic text-to-speech voice all over TikTok and the internet, we’ve heard computers talk. Most people in this day and age have experienced the phenomenon of synthetic speech and its eerie non-human-ness. But what exactly is synthetic speech and why do we keep using…

Text To Speech

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Everyday Speech: Examples of TTS out in the wild
Everyday Speech: Examples of TTS out in the wild
Text To Speech

3 min read


Published in UX Planet

·Sep 28, 2022

The CxD Toolkit

Different tools & methodologies conversation designers use — Conversation design is hard. Though not completely unlike designing for mobile and web interfaces, conversational experiences are still a unique problem area to solve for and require specific methodologies as part of the design process. The feedback loop between user interaction patterns and the underlying technology is much tighter in…

Conversation Design

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The CxD Toolkit
The CxD Toolkit
Conversation Design

9 min read


Sep 8, 2022

How to Structure your Conversation Design Portfolio

Voiceflow sat down with Elaine Anzaldo (or “elaineinthebay”) to talk about how to best showcase your conversation design work through your portfolio. Whether you’re a novice or an expert conversation designer, Elaine has tips to help you put your best foot forward and get ready for your next CxD role. …

Conversation Design

9 min read

How to Structure your Conversation Design Portfolio
How to Structure your Conversation Design Portfolio
Conversation Design

9 min read


Aug 29, 2022

5 tips for better multimodal design

It’s a multimodal world out there As humans, we absorb information in a variety of ways. Our 5 physical senses (i.e. sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) all work together to build our understanding of the world and the realities we face on a daily basis. They are also pretty handy when it comes to helping us…

Multimodal

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5 tips for better multimodal design
5 tips for better multimodal design
Multimodal

6 min read


Published in UX Planet

·Jun 7, 2022

Level up your conversation design portfolio

CxD portfolio tips to help you land the job — The first conversation design portfolio I ever made didn’t even get me to the interview stage. Knowing what I know now, if I were any of the hiring managers who saw that website, I wouldn’t want to hire me either. Don’t get me wrong! It was cute, but it lacked…

Portfolio

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Level up your conversation design portfolio
Level up your conversation design portfolio
Portfolio

8 min read


Published in Women in Voice

·Feb 23, 2022

How to Get Hired in Conversation Design Part 2

More Conversation Designers share their experience! — In the first installment in the “How to Get Hired” series, we heard the stories of 4 conversation designers who had been in their current or first role for less than a year. In this segment, we will learn about 4 more conversation design professionals with different backgrounds and varied…

Conversation Design

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How to Get Hired in Conversation Design Part 2
How to Get Hired in Conversation Design Part 2
Conversation Design

21 min read


Feb 18, 2022

Reflecting on 1 year as a full-time conversation designer

Celebrating my CxD anniversary with another blog post — Yesterday February 16, 2022 was finally my 1 year work anniversary at NLX! I say “finally” because this has been the only job in my life where I’ve religiously celebrated each work monthiversary as a major milestone. If you follow me on Twitter, you might’ve seen me post about it…

Conversation Design

9 min read

Reflecting on 1 year as a full-time conversation designer
Reflecting on 1 year as a full-time conversation designer
Conversation Design

9 min read


Published in Chatbots Life

·Jan 10, 2022

Think A ‘Bot’ It: Conversational AI, XR, and Fashion

Conversations in a fashion metaverse —

Conversational Ai

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Think A ‘Bot’ It: Conversational AI, XR, and Fashion
Think A ‘Bot’ It: Conversational AI, XR, and Fashion
Conversational Ai

10 min read

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