Voice Personal Assistants (VPA) have become a common household appliance. As one of the leading platforms for VPA technology, Amazon created Alexa and designed Amazon Kids for children to safely enjoy the rich functionalities of VPA and for parents to monitor their kids' activities through the Parent Dashboard. Although this ecosystem is in place, the usage of Parent Dashboard is not yet popularized among parents. In this paper, we conduct a parent survey to find out what they like and dislike about the current parental control features. We find that parents need more visuals about their children's activity, easier access to security features for their children, and a better user interface. Based on the insights from our survey, we present a new design for the Parent Dashboard considering the parents' expectations.
翻译:语音个人助手(VPA)已成为常见的家用设备。作为VPA技术的主要平台之一,亚马逊创建了Alexa并设计了Amazon Kids功能,使儿童能够安全地享受VPA的丰富功能,同时家长可通过家长控制面板(Parent Dashboard)监控孩子的活动。尽管这一生态系统已建立,但家长控制面板的使用在家长群体中尚未普及。本文通过家长问卷调查,了解他们对现有家长控制功能的喜好与不满。研究发现,家长需要更直观的儿童活动可视化界面、更便捷的儿童安全功能入口,以及更优化的用户交互设计。基于调查结果,我们根据家长需求提出了家长控制面板的新设计方案。