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Introducing Hunter Gerken, co-founder & CEO of Speakenabled, a company that enables your virtual assistant to schedule your appointments.
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I'm co-founder and CEO of Speakenabled. We enable your virtual assistant to schedule your appointments.
Introducing Ron Jaworski #voicefirst trailblazer/entrepreneur and more...
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I'm CEO and Co-Founder of Trinity Audio and we help enterprises boost digital assets with native audio content by converting articles to audio.
Introducing Suze Cooper #voicefirst #audiofirst strategist & innovation envelope pusher
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After almost 20 years in journalism, I now work as a content strategist for Vixen Labs - a voice app consultancy and studio based in London.
Introducing #voicefirst engineer & researcher extraordinaire, Giorgio Robino
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#conversationalai #conversationalui #voicefirstux #nlp #artificialintelligence
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Hello from Genoa, Italy. Two open questions for the Conversational AI community to consider....
Introducing Daniel Hill, #voicefirst creator/producer/expert and unparalleled #instagram guru
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I'm a product manager at the AARP Foundation and the producer of The Instagram Stories, available on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
Introducing the amazing Shyamala Prayaga #voicefirst #vui expert, teacher, & leader.
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I'm the founder of The Digital Assistant Academy.
Introducing #voicefirst leader Nicholas Sawka
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Feel free to check out our Podcast Voice Spark Live and our YouTube channel Voice Spark Alexa & More! Thanks Witlingo for putting this together!
Introducing #voicefirst legend, @speechtek co-chair, and much more, Dr. Deborah Dahl @deborahdahl
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Some of my work and the dangers of overpromising....
Introducing rising #voicefirst rock star Jeanna Isham, composer, sonic brander, podcaster, teacher & more...
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I'm Jeanna from Sound In Marketing and I help create sounds and explore sound marketing possibilities .
Introducing #voicefirst leader & innovator, Carl Robinson.
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Here's my pitch for Rumble Studio!
The Voice First Channel microcast is now available on Spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/show/5e8ZlupPvAWJ0cEsWFQhum
Hear short snippets (1-2 minutes) from experts and practitioners in the field of voice first talk about who they are and what they do. If you are passionate about Voice First, whether as a field researcher, designer, product manager, marketer, developer, QA engineer, voice artist, business developer...
“People are not in their cars as much commuting... which has decreased some of our radio listening,” Smith acknowledges. “But it’s really helped drive amazing growth in our live station streams and in our podcast.” #voicefirst
https://www.beet.tv/2020/12/listen-up-audio-finds-hard-to-reach-audiences-nprs-smith.html
COVID-19 lockdowns may have reduced the number of commuters listening to radio in their cars.But the future nevertheless looks bright for anyone involved in audio programmin...
"One big phenomenon during the pandemic of 2020 has been the rise in digital audio as millions of listeners of all ages turn to online music and podcasts to get them through their darkest times." #voicefirst
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/03/how-spotify-hopes-to-win-the-podcasting-wars.html
Spotifying is growing its podcast library and wooing celebrity talent as more users turn to this medium during the pandemic.
“The ‘Air Pod Generation’ are now listening to more audio, via more devices than ever before,” Charlton says.
“They’re not taking a siloed approach to audio consumption, and neither can we. It won’t be enough in future to be a specialist in any single audio platform. We need to be masters of all audio formats, both their individual strengths and how they complement each other.”
#voicefirst Mariam Cheikh-hussein
https://www.adnews.com.au/news/predictions-2021-audio-gets-more-personalised-standardised-and-recovery-for-radio
Peter Charlton, Brian Gallagher, Jennifer Goggin, Greg Byrnes, Henrik Isaksson, Corey Layton and more on the audio sector.
"Podcasting is no longer a niche community of folks. Instead, it reaches a large portion of the U.S. population and tends to keep them engaged. Currently, 50 percent of all U.S. homes are podcasting fans.." #voicefirst
https://builtin.com/marketing/pitching-podcasts
Here's a guide to tapping into podcasts as a marketing channel.
“I just think that we are going to see continuing disparity between really long form deep dive full length conversations and very, very, very short stuff, like Tik Tok kind-of 15 second type things...."
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6735211200247808000
"Instead of citing a specific skill name, users would theoretically only need to use keywords when asking Alexa to carry out a task." #voicefirst
https://voicebot.ai/2020/07/22/alexas-new-skill-resumption-and-name-free-interaction-simulate-human-memory-and-inference-ability/
Amazon is making Alexa more proactive in finding and running voice skills thanks to the combination of its new name-free..
"The new wave of digital natives... are set to use voice commands first and foremost. Forget swiping and scrolling, this generation is conversant in commanding and has little tolerance for digital experiences that can’t adapt." #voicefirst
https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/brands-that-use-voice-assistants/
The popularity of voice assistants is an opportunity for businesses to interact with more customers across generations. Here's how to use it effectively.
"AI-backed conversational voice technology for credit unions will eliminate the need for members to hunt and peck through menus to find detailed information about their saving and spending." #voicefirst
https://www.cutimes.com/2020/07/17/voice-banking-is-so-much-bigger-than-smart-speakers/?slreturn=20200617120606
When it comes to voice banking, it’s important that credit unions not miss the forest for the trees.
"Viewers who use a smart speaker to control a smart TV set are quite happy with the experience (85 per cent) are “very” or “somewhat” satisfied); those who use an Amazon Echo show a directionally higher level of being “very satisfied” with the experience (59 per cent) compared with those who use a Google Nest/Home (48 per cent)"
https://advanced-television.com/2020/07/16/research-smart-speakers-increasingly-linked-to-smart-tvs/
Findings from Hub Entertainment Research’s annual study - Evolution of the TV Set - reveal more viewers are using smart TVs linked to smart speakers to fill g
"Researchers claim Bixby will be the second most used digital voice assistant by 2021 with a 14.5% share of the market. In first place, we have Google Assistant with 23.3% and coming in third, Apple’s Siri, with 13.1%." #voicefirst
https://www.knowyourmobile.com/user-guides/bixby-explained-what-it-is-why-it-deserves-your-attention/
Samsung’s Bixby assistant gets a bad rap, but is all as it seems? In this post, we explain what Bixby is, why it's good, and why you should be using it!
"The psychology of audio can play a significant role in creating memory hooks or patterns for audiences. Take the recent ‘Share a Coke with Alexa’ Alexa skill. A subtle nod to the brand mark was created by embedding an audio layer of ice landing in a glass to help form an emotional state."
https://www.cmo.com.au/blog/marketing-edge/2020/07/14/why-cmos-need-a-clear-voice-strategy-to-connect-with-their-customers/
This week's #VoiceFirstDigest is out! #voicefirst
https://www.witlingo.com/voice-first-digest-07-12-2020/
"Natural language processing has a potentially endless variety of applications: Anything involving language can... be a use case for NLP, especially if it involves dealing with a large volume of data..."" #voicefirst
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/natural-language-processing-a-cheat-sheet/
Learn the basics about natural language processing, a cross-discipline approach to making computers hear, process, understand, and duplicate human speech.
"Voice-enabled ordering will see more adoption.... Giving guests the option to order by voice at a kiosk addresses any concern they might have about touching the screen that a hundred other guests may have touched." #voicefirst
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/07/10/restaurant-reopenings-hold-promise-for-certain-operational-models-and-technologies/#63e31db94aba
For those hoping to augment these capabilities, keep in mind that tech providers were hit by the downturn too, and they may be more willing to negotiate contract terms.
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"[T]he authors cite language changes that take place within the same language community over time, using the example of "uptalk." Also known as "High Rising Terminal," this phenomenon involves statements ending with a rise in intonation.
While it is often mistaken for a question by those who are unfamiliar with it, the convention is actually intended to indicate politeness or inclusion."
https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-the-way-we-speak-could-pose-challenges-in-future-space-travel
It's a captivating idea: build an interstellar ark, fill it with people, flora, and fauna of every kind, and set your course for a distant star! The concept is not only science fiction gold, its been the subject of many scientific studies and proposa
"We're finding that every feature we look at has some relevancy, including things like speech timing and voice pitch, as well as word choice and sentence structure," [said Mark Liberman, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Linguistics in the School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pennsylvania]."
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-07-database-aims-alzheimer-diagnosis-easier.html
Do you get nervous when you can't think of a word? Chances are it's a momentary lapse, but problems with language are one of the symptoms that can indicate a neurodegenerative disorder like Alzheimer's disease. Unfortunately, diagnosing these conditions requires scoring below a rather low threshold....
"I want the platforms to update with changing storm conditions as quickly as The Weather Channel does. I want them to know the correct hours of stores in my neighborhood because, really, why give out wrong information?" #voicefirst
https://www.eetimes.com/the-great-voice-assistant-face-off/
Bot Battle Royale: Who's the best voice assistant? The answer is relative, and it depends on what you ask.
"When I told Alexa to lower the shade, the shade would drop down to my preset maximum length. When I told Alexa to raise the shade, it neatly wound itself back up."
#voicefirst IKEA
https://www.cnet.com/reviews/ikea-fyrtur-smart-roller-blind-brings-voice-activated-smart-shades-to-the-rest-of-us-review/
Ikea's smart blackout shades work perfectly with Siri, Alexa and the Google Assistant. And they cost hundreds less than most everything else.
"Alexa, Microsoft Cortana, and Google Voice and others, rely on knowledge-sharing networks to collaborate with automotive supply chains and strengthen OEM partnerships."
https://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/160496/how-to-improve-channel-sales-with-ai-based-knowledge-sharing-networks/
Voice control removes a usage barrier. While almost all smart devices can be controlled with a smartphone, the seamless nature of asking Alexa or Google to take care of a task often becomes the go-to method of interacting with a device
https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/the-case-for-voice-assistants-in-everything/
Smart assistants can control your home, answer questions, and shop for you. With all these features, voice assistants should be part of every smart home device.
For businesses and workplaces, the implementation of voice technology will no longer be a novelty or a simple means of asserting a commitment to innovation. As businesses reopen and later in a post-pandemic world, it will come to signal a commitment to employee, customer and community health.
https://www.smartbrief.com/original/2020/07/voice-assistants-grow-importance-businesses-reopen
Blue Fountain Media’s Brian Byer looks at the growing list of contactless applications from the use of voice technology as states reopen and stay-at-home orders are lifted during the coronavirus pandemic.
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"[V]oice technology enables brands to provide an experience that is significantly more inclusive than those relying on physical interaction." #voicefirst
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"Marketing to robots happens when more virtual assistants... become the gatekeepers between brands and consumers. For example, when your voice assistant knows what you need to buy for your pantry before you even know you need it." #voicefirst
https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyhackl/2020/06/28/3-new-ways-artificial-intelligence-is-powering-the-future-of-marketing/#79edc3e11a96
From an AI Chef to a Snoop Dog video ad, to digital people, here are 3 futuristic ways AI is taking brand voice to the next level.
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