Conversations Squared #9 Andrew Muir

We’re used to hearing Text To Speech in conversational AI, but that’s not the only option available. Voice assistants don’t have to use synthetic speech – they can use recordings of a live voice talent instead. Andrew Muir, Lead Dialogue Designer at PolyAI, explains the benefits of using voice talents. One of his points really […]

Conversations Squared #4 Dr Joan Palmiter Bajorek

Dr Joan Palmiter Bajorek on Conversations Squared

Dr Joan Palmiter Bajorek is easily one of the best known people in conversational AI – for Women in Voice, for her public speaking, for her experience at the likes of Nuance, and now for her work as VP of Product Research (Data Analytics) at OneReach AI.

Conversations Squared #2 – Jason F. Gilbert

Conversations Squared with Jason F Gilbert

Jason F. Gilbert (aka The BotMan) is the Lead Character Designer at Intuition Robotics. Originally a filmmaker, he’s worked on loads of bots through the years for various brands on chat and voice, as well as digital humans (such as ‘Anna’) and now with ElliQ – a robotic companion for elderly Americans.

Is our love for the web holding us back?

Many of the brands Kane interviews on VUX World are taking careful 1st steps into conversational AI. They already have a website, they have a smartphone app, they have a contact centre, and they’ve begun creating a chatbot or voicebot. The majority of those brands are from America and Europe. In emerging markets it’s a […]