The Rundown 004: re:Invent recap

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Kane Simms
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On this week’s Rundown, we’re catching up to run through AWS re:Invent, Amazon’s biggest event of the year, and discuss everything voice-related that occurred. We’ll also weave in some of the latest news happenings and analyse the implications and opportunities for the industry.

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Dustin’s recap write ups of days one, two, three and four

Amazon reminders API

Freebox, the French set-top box with Alexa

Alexa extends audio sample length from 90 seconds to 240 seconds

27 Amazon Polly voices made available

News anchor text-to-speech voice

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