Cameron Jacoby
RailsConf | April 25, 2017
I build expert-use software for Stitch Fix
in Ruby on Rails.
Keyboard | Voice | |
---|---|---|
Participant 1 | 9:53 | 6:43 |
Participant 2 | 5:25 | 4:47 |
Times based on a men's long-sleeve woven shirt with 16 points of measure.
Averaged 9-10 minutes using Google sheets.
Investing in high-quality headsets mitigated accuracy issues from the noisy environment.
"Better for my back"
"I liked that I never had to remove my hands
from the tape"
results[0] | results[1] | results[2] | results[3] |
---|---|---|---|
two | two and a half | two and a half ice creams | two and a half ice creams |
two | two and a half | 2 1/2 | --- |
Voice Input | Result | Expected |
---|---|---|
thirty-five eighths | 35/8 | 30 5/8 |
four quarters | 4/4 | 4 1/4 |
Not 100% reliable. Isolated and tested:
✓ Headset
✓ Laptop internal mic
✓ Up-to-date browser
UX and engineering collaboration allowed us to:
Twitter: @cejtweets
Stitch Fix: multithreaded.stitchfix.com
Web Speech API: developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API