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Designing Voice User Interfaces
Voice user interfaces (VUIs) are becoming all the rage today. But how do you build one that people can actually converse with? Whether you’re designing a mobile app, a toy, or a device such as a home assistant, this practical book guides you through basic VUI design principles, helps you choose the right speech recognition engine, and shows you how to measure your VUI’s performance and improve upon it. Author Cathy Pearl also takes product managers, UX designers, and VUI designers into advanced design topics that will help make your VUI not just functional, but great.Understand key VUI design concepts, including command-and-control and conversational systemsDecide if you should use an avatar or other visual representation with your VUIExplore speech recognition technology and its impact on your designTake your VUI above and beyond the basic exchange of informationLearn practical ways to test your VUI application with usersMonitor your app and learn how to quickly improve performanceGet real-world examples of VUIs for home assistants, smartwatches, and car systems
Skate
Daniel found his soul mate when he met Carmen. Friendship blossomed into love. Carmen's calculating husband made her pay the ultimate price with her life and he got away with it.
The Football Shirt
Ross has been saving for a football top of his favourite team for ages, but doesn't think he'll ever afford it. When he sees one pinned to a tree, commemorating the death of a young boy, he can't resist taking it - but Ross gets more than he bargains for, and finds having the shirt comes at a dreadful price.
Designing Interfaces
Designing good application interfaces isn’t easy now that companies need to create compelling, seamless user experiences across an exploding number of channels, screens, and contexts. In this updated third edition, you’ll learn how to navigate through the maze of design options. By capturing UI best practices as design patterns, this best-selling book provides solutions to common design problems. You’ll learn patterns for mobile apps, web applications, and desktop software. Each pattern contains full-color examples and practical design advice you can apply immediately. Experienced designers can use this guide as an idea sourcebook, and novices will find a road map to the world of interface and interaction design. Understand your users before you start designing Build your software’s structure so it makes sense to users Design components to help users complete tasks on any device Learn how to promote wayfinding in your software Place elements to guide users to information and functions Learn how visual design can make or break product usability Display complex data with artful visualizations
It's Our Bloodline
This book is about parents who did not do their part as parents to guide their children. It also tells you about the mistakes and embarrassment it causes when parents neglect their parental duties. It also shows loyalty amongst friends and the pain when a family looses a love one to crime. I wrote this book to show appreciation to my father for the attention and the guidance he demonstrated to his children. I want to pass on his legacy to my children so there fore I know it was my duty to walk in my fathers footsteps.
Secrets She Kept
2016 Christy Award Winner! (Historical novel category) 2016 Carol Award Winner! (Historical category) All her life, Hannah Sterling longed for a close relationship with her estranged mother. Following Lieselotte’s death, Hannah determines to unlock the secrets of her mother’s mysterious past and is shocked to discover a grandfather living in Germany. Thirty years earlier, Lieselotte’s father is quickly ascending the ranks of the Nazi party, and a proper marriage for his daughter could help advance his career. Lieselotte is in love—but her beloved Lukas is far from an ideal match, as he secretly works against the Reich. Yet Lieselotte never imagined how far her father would go to ensure her cooperation. Both Hannah’s and Lieselotte’s stories unfold as Hannah travels to Germany to meet her grandfather, who is hiding wartimes secrets of his own. Longing for connection, yet shaken by all she uncovers, Hannah must decide if she can atone for her family’s tragic past and how their legacy will shape her future.
We may never say goodbye
Public relations spin, religion, environmental disaster and offshore outsourcing are entrenching globalisation worldwide. Three power brokers, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Moses Halligan, and Ted Earnstie are all fighting for greater market share. The archbishop wants substantially more people to polish his pews, and Moses Halligan through his PR firm is trying to source those parishioners. Moses intends to revamp the Church of England to demonstrate his skill in shaping societal change. Moses has garnered a reputation for spin through a clever rebranding of Global Mining. Global has evaded a class action which results in skyrocketing share prices for its CEO, Ted Earnstie. Whilst these men set impressive corporate agendas they unwittingly create havoc in their desire for more. Against a backdrop of adversarial colleagues, families who don’t gel, where abuse is common and relationships are defined by insecurities, We May Never Say Goodbye to the effects of Globalisation, or each other.
Whale of a Tale
Storytelling Origami together as one - Dive into learning with Whale of a Tale. Join the adventures of a magic square that transforms into different origami shapes: a kite, a whale and finally a penguin. Includes beautiful watercolor illustrations that features hands-on learning activities and easy-to-follow instructions for how to fold a whale. Great for early readers, classroom teachers or as a gift. This interactive book ncludes instructions for folding a kite, a whale and a penguin and features 2 pages of reading readiness activities. For Parents and educators: Request a 5 page Study guide for Whale of a Tale, email: info1@mathinmotion.com
The Black Pearl
1659: Cromwell's protectorate is drawing to a close, and the restoration of the monarchy can only improve the fortunes of the Morland family. The years of civil war and their aftermath have left Morland Place in dire straits, but with the return of the King, Ralph Morland believes he can rebuild the family estates. For his beautiful and ambitious cousin, Annunciata, the Restoration means a journey to London - one that leads to the amours and intrigues of Charles's court and to the unlocking of her mysterious past. A new and kinder age is dawning - a time for healing wounds - but more uncertainty, conflict and sorrow await both Ralph and Annunciata before they can find peace and forgiveness...
