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 […]
Conversation design with PullString’s Oren Jacob

This week, we speak to conversation design master, Oren Jacob, about what it takes to create successful conversations with technology. There are so many complexities in human conversation. When creating an Alexa Skill or Google Assistant Action, most designers try to mimic human conversation. Google itself has taken steps in this direction with the fabricated […]
All about BotTalk and how to run a voice first discovery workshop with Andrey Esaulov

This week, we’re digging into how you can create an Alexa Skill using BotTalk and we give you a template for running a voice first discovery workshop, with SmartHaus Technologies CEO and BotTalk co-founder, Andrey Esaulov.
All about Voysis and the GUI to VUI transition with Brian Colcord

Today we’re taking a close look at the Voysis platform and discussing transitioning from GUI to VUI design with VP of Design, Brian Colcord. We’ve covered plenty of voice first design and development on this podcast. Well, that’s what the podcast is, so we’re bound to! Most of what we’ve discussed has largely been voice […]
Tackling the challenges of discoverability and monetisation on Amazon Alexa with Jo Jaquinta

Today, we’re getting deep into the biggest challenges facing designers and developers on the Alexa platform: being discovered and making money. And who better to take us through it, than one of the most experienced developers on the voice scene, Jo ‘the Oracle’ Jaquinta.
My first 30 days as a VUI designer with Ilana Shalowitz and Brian Bauman

Today, we’re getting into detail about what it’s like to be a full-time VUI designer. We’re discussing the details of the role, the day to day duties and the skillsets that are important to succeed in designing voice user interfaces.
How to create an Alexa Skill without coding with Vasili Shynkarenka

This week, we’re speaking to Storyline founder, Vasili Shynkarenka all about how you can create an Alexa Skill without coding.