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Leigh Clark
PhD
Senior UX Researcher
Leigh has 10 years’ experience in user research with emerging technologies. He has a leading expertise in voice and text systems and is co-founder of the ACM Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) conference series. Leigh has published extensively and organised conferences and workshops in this area. His recent work examines how to design voice interfaces to make them more inclusive. As an industry advisor to the Open Voice Network, he continues to work with global researchers to design ethical voice interface guidelines. Leigh holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham and is a Visiting Lecturer at University College Dublin.
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Something unique about you summed up in one sentence:
My first time on a plane was a 13-hour direct flight to Tokyo – it was not fun.
Your favorite city in the world is...and why?
York, UK. It’s a city full of history, amazing architecture, and home to some fantastic pubs. Best of all, you can see most of it in one day.
In your spare time (or if you had spare time), you would absolutely do this:
Keep working on that 200kg dead-lift goal. Any day now.
Your ultimate celebrity dinner party guest list would include...
Roisin Conaty, Greg Davies, Bob Mortimer, Miriam Margolyes
You cannot start the day without doing this...
Listening to music – and this is true for most of the day.
What would be your most valuable zombie apocalypse skill?
I’ve seen Zombieland about 10 times, so I know what the deal is.
Favorite TV show:
I’d love to say The Wire, but it’s definitely The Simpsons (Golden Era). Those episodes are burned into my brain.
Share an interesting fact:
I make fantastic curries – Indian, Pakistani, Thai you name it. I haven’t yet verified their authenticity but take it from me for the time being.
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Four things to keep in mind when conducting on-the-road UX research
To successfully execute on-the-road driver experience research, it’s important to account for factors unique to the driving environment, such as the route or geographic location.
When building next gen fintech, start with research in Africa
The user experience (UX) of emerging FinTech might be considered superior in Africa compared to the United States. In Africa, the utility of cryptocurrencies has been communicated and made known, effectively improving the UX of this emerging technology.
When it comes to voice print UX, what is our role as researchers?
During a recent study, we asked participants how long they thought they would have to speak in order for their voice to be uniquely recognized (i.e., voice print). While their estimates varied widely - from 30 seconds to 30 minutes - most people said about three to...