Designing story-telling robots with Amy Stapleton
This week, Dustin and I are joined by Tellables co-founder, Amy Stapleton, to discuss storytelling through Alexa and the design challenges that come with that. By the end of this podcast, you’ll: Be familiar with situational design Gain insight into designing with Amazon Polly Learn about complex interaction models See how you can use metaphors […]
All about voice content management and localisation with Milkana Brace and Jonathan Burstein
Today, we’re discussing why you should separate voice app content from your code and logic with Jargon founders, Milkana Brace (CEO) and Jonathan Burstein (CTO).
VUI design best practice for kids skills with the BBC’s Paul Jackson
We’re honoured to be joined by Paul Jackson, Senior Designer at the BBC, to discuss how the Beeb are approaching VUI design, with a particular focus on designing Alexa Skills for kids.
How to design a voice experience for the older generation with Heidi Culbertson
This week, Dustin Coates and I are joined by Ask Marvee founder and CEO, Heidi Culbertson, to discuss VUX design for the older generation.
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. […]
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, […]
Cognilytica Voice Assistant Benchmark 1.0
Today, we’re discussing the Cognilytica Voice Assistant Benchmark 1.0 and it’s findings on the usefulness and capability of smart speakers. The folks at Cognilytica conducted a study where they asked Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri and Cortana 100 different questions in 10 categories in an effort to understand the AI capability of the top voice […]
Generation V
<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”></span> I don’t think we appreciate the significance of kids born today. I’m calling them Generation V. The voice natives. They’ll know nothing other than being able to talk to tech. Imagine that. My son won’t know anything else. It’ll be normal for him. (I […]
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 […]