The interactive children’s audio story that was designed for my master’s research study used a branching narrative design. Branching narrative is a form of storytelling that allows audiences to decide the path and outcome of the story (gamasutra.com). This form of storytelling was first popularized with interactive gamebooks in the…

My relationship with Alexa started with the basics. I already had an Amazon Prime membership and was aware that the device had access to a library full of content, so I started using the Echo for music which had been found to be one of the most common motivations for…