These days, you can talk with the digital things around you, like voice assistants and chatbots. How are these experiences designed? Our guest today is Rebecca Evanhoe, co-author of Conversations with Things. You’ll learn about the four pillars of conversational design, what prototyping looks like for this field, how to develop a personality for your voice application, and more.Podcast feed: subscribe to https://feeds.simplecast.com/4MvgQ73R in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Podcasts.Show NotesConversations with Things – Rebecca’s book with Diana DeibelUI Breakfast Episode 68 with Jonathan StarkUI Breakfast Episode 173 with Sina KahenSiri, Alexa – some of the first voice assistantsWizard of Oz testingRoo – Planned Parenthood’s chat botVoiceflow, Botmock, Botsociety – popular mapping toolsFollow Women in Voice on Twitter and LinkedInLisa Falkson, Cathy Pearl – conversational designersFollow Rebecca on TwitterThis episode is brought to you by Zeplin. Publish finalized designs with one click, provide developers the specs they really need, and share your design system all in an organized workspace that's easy for the entire team to use. From PMs, QA engineers, to executives, Zeplin gives you a place where everyone can collaborate to ship beautiful products together. Get started for free at zeplin.ioInterested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here.Leave a ReviewReviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here’s how.