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Meet Supriya Kulkarni- a Brand strategist, Ethics advocate, Human-centered designer, Entrepreneur, and founder of The Ethics Company.

Supriya holds deep interest in emerging technologies, especially in how they impact individuals and society. She tries to understand the pain-points, challenges and motivations of people in order to design artefacts using a human-centered approach.

Supriya was named a finalist for the 2021 ‘Women in Voice’ awards in the ‘DEI in Voice’ category that recognizes outstanding contributions to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in voice.

Supriya has created the first industry-specific, human-centered ethical framework for Voice AI. Based on an intensive research of the unintended consequences and negative impacts of interacting with popular digital autonomous voice assistants, she has created the Voice Assistant Interaction Assessment, which is based on actual voice assistant interviews and serves as a warm-up exercise for voice practitioners in evaluating and reflecting on the assistant responses, and the Ethical Conversation Design Toolkit, which helps them navigate their ethical design journey.

Ethical Conversation Design Toolkit

Based on a use-case approach, the Ethical Conversation Design Toolkit builds on learnings from existing frameworks, and incorporates concepts from Western and Eastern ethical philosophies. The toolkit consists of evocative prompts and actionable triggers, and is easy to use for teams conducting design sprints, or to build into their daily work processes for ethical solutions.

The Ethical Conversation Design Toolkit

Watch Supriya talk at Witlingo's LingoFest 2021 about her research on the unintended consequences of usage of digital voice assistants, the development of the Ethical Conversation Design toolkit, and an example of ethical considerations for voice-first solutions for socially isolated seniors. Courtesy: Witlingo

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