Design a Voice UI Prototype

Note From Adam

👋 Hey Designers,

For this contest, you’re going to:

• evaluate an existing search experience
• propose solutions to the issues you identify
• test your prototype against the current design
• present the story of your project

🤞Good luck and happy designing!

Desired Outcomes

By participating in this contest, you will

• Learn how to work with voice interactions in Adobe XD
• Design and deliver a fully-functional voice-driven prototype
• Learn some voice design best practices
• Learn a strategy for effective presentation design
• Practice designing a persuasive presentation

Prizes

🥇 1st Prize

• Amazon Echo Dot or Google Home Mini

Contest Rules + Requirements

Rules

Anyone 18 years or older can participate on their own or as part of a team.

The deadline to submit your contest entry is Friday, January 25, 2019 11:59PM PT.

Your project can be whatever you decide.

Only entries that meet all contest requirements will be eligible for winning a prize

Requirements

Your prototype must

• Be created using Adobe XD
• Include at least one user voice action
• Include at least one system voice response

Your presentation must

• Be accessible online and include the following sections
• Title
  What’s a descriptive title for your project?
• Bio
  Who are you, the designer?
• Problem
  What’s the problem you're solving? Why is it worth solving?
• Desired Outcomes + Success Metrics
  What change(s) do you want to see in the world? How would you measure impact?
• Solution
  What's your proposed solution?

How to Enter

1. Read and follow contest requirements
2. Use Adobe XD to build a Voice UI prototype
3. Design a brief project presentation
4. Submit your entry

Judging Criteria

Criteria	Weight
Usability and usefulness	30%
Originality and creativity	25%
Complexity and difficulty	25%
Visual design and humor	20%

Tools & Resources

• Voice Prototyping with Adobe XD
• Download Adobe XD
• Voice prototyping in XD
• Using voice commands in XD
• Voice first, screen second: designing for voice in Adobe XD
• Presentation Tips

Never deliver a presentation you wouldn't want to sit through yourself

• 4 Tips and 1 Tool That Will Help You Perfect Your Slide Design
• Presentation Tips [Short Videos]

Example Entry

Adam's prototype: Voice-powered event search prototype

Example Presentation: Finding events fast with Voice UI: A proposal for Eventbrite

Winners

ᕙ╏ : ◑ ڡ ◑ : ╏ᕗ

🏆 Congratulations to Hana P. who won $100 for her charity, Garden for the Environment, for her project addressing one of Instagram's biggest hashtag issues

👏👏 Honorable mentions to Oksana I. and Rose A. for their inspiring entries

🙏 Thanks to Priya B. and Veena R. for entering

☝️Tip: Double-check all requirements before submitting your entry