Voice first messaging and VUI design with Daniel Gonzalez
This week, we take a deep dive into voice first social networks and messaging, as we explore whether these platforms are poised for success or doomed to fail. We also discuss some of the challenges in building a voice first product, including the limitations of the tech stack and how VUI design is a way […]
Voice first digital transformation with Shawn Kanungo
Voice first technology has the potential to transform organisations. Join Dustin and I as we dig into how voice is being used to create efficiencies within businesses with Silver founder, Shawn Kanungo. Silver, an agency based in Canada, is helping organisations use voice to streamline business processes, access line of business systems and improve productivity. […]
The Rundown 002: Alexa’s new hardware and dev tools, Google Home Mini becomes top selling smart speaker and more
It’s been a busy few weeks with both of the top two voice assistant platforms announcing new devices and software improvements, but what does it all mean for brands, designers and developers? Google Home Mini becomes top selling smart speaker That’s right, the Google Home Mini smart speaker outsold all other smart speakers in Q2. […]
All about Snips with Yann Lachelle
This week, we’re speaking to serial entrepreneur, Yann Lachelle, COO at Snips, about the privacy by design alternative to Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Privacy is a hot topic. With the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the introduction of GDPR in Europe, people are becoming more aware and more concerned with how companies are using their […]
All about voice testing with Bespoken’s John Kelvie
This week, Dustin and I catch up with John Kelvie, CEO and founder of Bespoken, and learn all about the three types of testing that can help you create and sustain great voice experiences. We discuss: Unit testing: how to test your code locally without having to deploy into the cloud and test through your […]
13 Reasons Why voice + video is hard on mobile with Tony Lizza
Tony Lizza, Project Manager at Apollo Matrix, shares his battle scars from working on the technical implementation of the Netflix 13 Reasons Why interactive cinema experience. This was a voice and video experience that was deployed through the mobile web browser and was used to promote Netflix’s biggest show, 13 Reasons Why. Dustin Coates and […]
The Rundown 001: Alexa settings API, 5 Google Assistant tips and more
We’re starting a new feature on VUX World: The Rundown. Dustin Coates and I are getting together each week (or bi-weekly) to discuss the recent happenings in the voice space and how that’ll impact designers, developers and brands. Alexa settings API We’re starting off by discussing the Amazon Alexa feature that developers have been clambering […]
All about Voiceitt with Sara Smolley
Alexa Accelerator 2018 featured startup, Voiceitt, gives people with speech impairments their voice back. Today, we’re joined by co-founder and VP Strategy, Sara Smolley, to hear all about it. The There are millions of people across the globe who have non-standard speech. People who’ve had a stroke or who have multiple sclerosis or cerebral pausey, […]
Voice first design strategy with Ben Sauer
Ben Sauer is a Design Strategist who’s worked with some of the world’s well known brands: Virgin, Tesco, Pearsons, British Gas, Penguin Random House, BBC. Ben worked with Clearleft as a Design Strategist for many years and more recently turned his attention to how voice will change design. Over the last couple of years, Ben […]
Adoption, growth, in-skill purchases and developer rewards with Nick Schwab
The first in a new series called ‘Unscripted’ where we have off-the-cuff, unscripted conversations with voice first leaders and practitioners to get acquainted, hear their story and find out how they do what they do. In this first episode, we speak to Alexa Skill developing veteran, Nick Schwab, founder of Invoked Apps, about: User […]