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技术的领先平台之一,亚马逊开发了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,同时让家长通过家长控制面板监控孩子的活动。尽管这一生态系统已经建立,但家长控制面板的使用尚未在家长中普及。本文通过一项家长调查,探究他们对当前家长控制功能的偏好与不满。研究发现,家长需要更直观的儿童活动可视化展示、更便捷的儿童安全功能访问方式,以及更优化的用户界面。基于调查结果,我们针对家长的期望提出了一种新的家长控制面板设计方案。