Universal Design is a nice soft feature piece about the increasing trend to use automated voices integrated into product design in Japan. In the piece, we hear automated voices at the train station, in vending machines, crosswalks, parking garages, ski lifts, and household appliances. It's a nice blend of natural sound and interviews, held together with narration from producer Ross Chambless. The piece covers a lot of ground, maybe too much for a single feature, and as a result it sometimes starts to lose focus. Overall, it is a nice, sound rich feature that would be compatible with a magazine program like All Things Considered.
Shows how and why Japan is the perfect place to develop this emerging technology that is bound to become more and more integrated into our lives.
I just hope there will always be a way to turn it off in case you prefer not to have your sneakers telling you which way and how fast to go on your morning jog!
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Phil Corriveau
Posted on November 25, 2006 at 09:48 AM | Permalink
Review of Universal Design in Japan
Universal Design is a nice soft feature piece about the increasing trend to use automated voices integrated into product design in Japan. In the piece, we hear automated voices at the train station, in vending machines, crosswalks, parking garages, ski lifts, and household appliances. It's a nice blend of natural sound and interviews, held together with narration from producer Ross Chambless. The piece covers a lot of ground, maybe too much for a single feature, and as a result it sometimes starts to lose focus. Overall, it is a nice, sound rich feature that would be compatible with a magazine program like All Things Considered.
Jana Marshall
Posted on April 03, 2006 at 12:27 PM | Permalink
Review of Universal Design in Japan
Shows how and why Japan is the perfect place to develop this emerging technology that is bound to become more and more integrated into our lives.
I just hope there will always be a way to turn it off in case you prefer not to have your sneakers telling you which way and how fast to go on your morning jog!