Voice assistant & WebXR in web apps with Ayşegül Yönet | Web Wednesday

When Web applications are designed with accessibility in mind, they work better for everyone. At any given day, any able person might have temporary disability because of having our hands full, or being far away from what we are trying to read. By giving your users multiple ways to interact with your applications, you can increase their comfort and your apps' retention rate. In this talk, you will learn how to use AI services and WebXR APIs to increase your apps' usability.

WebXR Device API is a new set of web APIs we can use to create engaging experiences in mobile web. Great Mixed Reality experiences require your apps to be performant and well designed. In this talk we will explore the available APIs that are ready to use, what is coming in the future and how to get started with WebXR APIs. We will explore Speech and Vision APIs to extend your applications.

Speakers:
Christopher Harrison, Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft
Christopher is a longtime web dev who turned a coding hobby into a career. Currently a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, he never lost the joy he felt in writing code and having the computer do what he asked and sharing that passion with others. These days he can be found at a keyboard writing TypeScript and Python. When not at a keyboard he can be found running long distances or relaxing with his wife and their four-legged child (an adorable dog) in Seattle.

Ayşegül Yönet, Senior Azure Cloud Developer Advocate, Microsoft
Aysegul is a Senior Azure Cloud Developer Advocate at Microsoft and focuses on Azure Cognitive Services, AI, Spatial Computing, Mixed Reality, and Data Visualization. She is a co-chair of W3C Immersive Web Working Group and Community Group and a Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies. She co-hosts of San Francisco WebXR Meetup and enjoys teaching at a variety of non-profit organizations aiming to increase diversity in the software industry. She is the co-founder of Code4Good, an organization with the vision of helping people to contribute to open source. Previously she led Women Who Code meetups, Girl Develop It and Black Girls Code workshops and was a CTO at AnnieCannons, a bootcamp dedicated to teaching tech skills to human trafficking survivors. Lately she enjoys creating tutorials for YouTube AysSomething Channel and Youtube WebXR Channel.