The Rundown 004: re:Invent recap
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.
Meet Uma, the enterprise voice assistant, with Stephen Milner and Marcus Finley
Today, we’re joined by Ammi Systems CEO, Stephen Milner, and CTO, Marcus Finlay, to discuss voice in the enterprise and how their new voice assistant, Uma, is set to revolutionise productivity at work.
Samsung Bixby: Your questions answered with Bob Stalzberg and Roger Kibbe
Samsung has opened up Bixby to developers, so we’ve rounded up two Samsung Bixby Developer Experts, Bob Stalzberg and Roger Kibbe, to get to the heart of what this means for the voice community.
How to get your Google Assistant Action discovered with John Campbell
This week, we’re discussing the latest insights and research in voice SEO and showing you how you can get discovered on Google Assistant, with the MD of Rabbit and Pork, John Campbell.
Scoring voice experiences with Joel Beckerman
This week, Dustin Coates and I discuss the importance of sound design in voice experiences with the founder of Man Made Music, Joel Beckerman.
The Rundown 003: Increased engagement, Alexa room bookings, skill-to-skill connections, Google Assistant payments and more
Translating the recent happenings in voice news into insights and recommendations for designers, developers and brands.
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. […]
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 […]