Voxo is a digital platform and tool for trans, transitioning & identity-curious people to experiment with their voices in a safe virtual environment.
Voxo is a digital platform and tool for trans, transitioning & identity-curious people to experiment with their voice in a safe virtual environment.
It works by recording a sample of your voice and allowing the user to experiment using professional audio tools and optional AI assistance.
It works by recording a sample of your voice and allowing the user to experiment using professional audio tools and optional AI assistance.
Those transitioning from male to female put a large vocal strain on heightening the pitch of their voice.
Since 2020, Covid-19 has drastically heightened our use and now demand of digital meetings.
VOXO aims to alleviate this physical strain while also providing a digital tool to cultivate one's voice in a safe virtual environment for online calls and meetings.
Those transitioning from male to female put a large vocal strain on heightening the pitch of their voice.
Since 2020, Covid-19 has drastically heightened our use and now demand of digital meetings.
VOXO aims to alleviate this physical strain while also providing a digital tool to cultivate one's voice in a safe virtual environment for online calls and meetings.
The brief set by ASUS was "What do Gen-Z want from their personal computing?"
My initial research explored the gender representation in AI and virtual assistants as they were predominantly female - Alexa, Siri, Cortana etc.
Then it lead to representation in tech - as this is important to Gen-Z. Finally I landed on the insight that "Gen-Z care far more about having the tools to accurately represent themselves, rather than being represented accurately (by vessels like AI)"
So I furthered my user research and came to design digital representational tools for primarily trans folk to cultivate their voices, but also to alleviate physical vocal strain for digital spaces.
The brief set by ASUS was "What do Gen-Z want from their personal computing?"
My initial research explored the gender representation in AI and virtual assistants as they were predominantly female - Alexa, Siri, Cortana etc.
Project Location:
Project Location:
London, Central Saint Martins x ASUS London
Central Saint Martins x ASUS London
Collaborators:
Collaborators:
ASUS
ASUS
Length of Project:
Length of Project:
3 months
3 months
This project was set by ASUS
This project was set by ASUS
Then it lead to representation in tech - as this is important to Gen-Z. Finally I landed on the insight that "Gen-Z care far more about having the tools to accurately represent themselves, rather than being represented accurately (by vessels like AI)"
So I furthered my user research and came to design digital representational tools for primarily trans folk to cultivate their voices, but also to alleviate physical vocal strain for digital spaces.