SUMMARIZED BY RAEGAN LUCERO Whisper: A Wristwatch style Wearable Handset

What is Whisper? “Whisper” is a new wrist-worn handset, which is used by inserting the fingertip into the ear canal. It is used to interface with any type of cellphone Using finger taps the user can also use over ten commands to adjust settings or make calls One of the few audio wearable interfaces out there

How do you use it?

Benefits No “Talking alone” Bone conduction allows for the user to make calls in very noisy environments Not a large learning curve like other wearable devices

Versions of Whisper Ring Wrist Back of Hand

Citation Fukumoto, M., & Tonomura, Y. (1999). Whisper: A wristwatch style wearable handset. CHI '99 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Retrieved November 10, 2014, from