Assignment 5 for EECS 441

1. Andrew Awad, Nishant Patel, Stephen Satarino
When an overstressed young adult says “Alexa, Right Side of the Bed”, they’ll hear a motivational quote
in the voice of the person who said it to get them up and off on the right foot.

2. “Right Side of the Bed” is...
1. For overstressed young adults that have a hard time getting up in the morning
2. Who are dissatisfied with their current wake-up routine
3. Our product is an Amazon Alexa skill
4. That provides motivational speeches in the voice of the person who said them
5. Unlike the built in ‘inspire me’ Alexa functionality
6. Our product plays the actual audio clips instead of reading the quotes off in Alexa’s robotic voice.

3. Three main changes to MVP2
● Expanded motivational content
(added ‘themed’ buckets like athletes, tech, etc.)
● Improved intros and quote context
● Added ‘reminder’ functionality

4. Live Demo of MVP2

5. Feature Importance Satisfaction
Having Alexa introduce the
quote before it’s said
3.2(+.6)
4.0(+.4)
Have the quote be in the voice
of the person who said it
4.4(-.2)
4.8(+0)
Having a no-screen interface
3.6(+.2)
2.8(-.6)
User preferences on content
4.8(new)
4.2(new)
Total
4.00(+.47)
3.95(+.08)
MVP 2 Results

6. “I really enjoyed being able to select
which category of quotes to wake up to!
Would love an alarm functionality
though.”
“Still a little confused about how to use it
to set an alarm? also I don’t really use
alexa that much. Maybe other platforms
as well?”
“Second version fixed some of my issues…
[with some more work] I could use
something like this.”
“Love to start my day with Meryl streep
lolol. Big fan.”
User Feedback

7. Hypothesis:
Users will change their morning
routines when presented with our
“screenless,” motivating option.

8. 2 things we learned --
● Working in a closed environment is hard
● For your slides: Less is more