What we learned designing a two-minute voice game you win by talking
We run a small site called DessaGuide. Most of it is an unofficial guide to Block's Dessa voice research. One part of it is a small voice game, and these are some notes on how it's put together. The game is called The Dragon's Day Off. A dragon named Ember is on holiday. You want it to toast one slice of bread for you. You have two minutes of spoken conversation to get a clear yes. That's the whole thing. First, the obvious question. It does not run on Dessa. Dessa isn't publicly available. The…