You might not have a choice about voice
It’s ironic, but you might not have a choice about voice.
When will voice AI disrupt your industry?
Find out how voice AI is disrupting industries with Mike Zagorsek of SoundHound. Register here.
Hacking speech systems
Why speech recognition systems struggle with accents, how you can hack your training data, and the importance of solving ASR at a platform level.
Why Alexa doesn’t understand your accent
In a study by Uswitch, it was found that Irish, Welsh and Scottish accents are the hardest for voice assistants like Alexa to understand. Here’s why Alexa doesn’t understand your accent.
What is automatic speech recognition and how does it work? With Catherine Breslin
Dive deep into one of the core technologies that underpins the voice assistants you know and love, with one of the world’s leading speech recognition experts, Catherine Breslin. Presented by Sparks Sparks is a new podcast player app that lets you learn and retain knowledge while you listen. The Sparks team are looking for people […]
Alternative voice assistants to Alexa and Google Assistant
I’m in Amsterdam today with JP and Jen who are over there looking rather nonchalant not joining me on the escalator, but in Amsterdam in Holland Google, Sorry, Alexa doesn’t exist. The echo doesn’t exist. It’s Google Assistant predominantly and I got me thinking about what would you do if those big commercial Voice […]
VUX design 2.0
Voice assistants should change how they interact with users based on how you interact with them and the context you’re in. For example: 🎧 If I’m walking with my headphones on, and I ask Siri “What was the Boro score at the weekend?” Then I just want the score. Nothing more. Did they win or […]
Not so bold predictions for voice in 2020
So, here we are. The end of 2019. And it’s time for some click bait regarding 2020 voice-first industry predictions. I told you to prepare for this a few weeks back. While forecasting can be inspiring and encouraging, it could also be perceived as a holding message. It’d be easy to hear about how advertising will […]
What’s the difference between a voice assistant and a voice user interface (VUI)?
Voice assistants and voice user interfaces (VUIs) are used interchangeably under the banner of ‘voice’. But what’s the difference between the two? [bctt tweet=”Voice assistants have a voice interface, but voice interfaces aren’t always an interface to a voice assistant.” username=”vuxworld”] What is a voice assistant? Google defines voice assistance as: “Engaging with intelligent technology […]
Talk to me with James Vlahos
This week, Dustin and I are joined by journalist and author, James Vlahos, to discuss the details of his book Talk to Me: How voice computing will transform the way we live, work and think.