This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 9) is a very special episode - an interview with YouTube sensation / freestyle rapper Harry Mack. Sponsored by our friends at Deepgram (https://dpgr.am/projectvoice): the leader in automated transcription and speech-to-text for conversational AI, sales and support enablement, voice analytics, or any use case that requires super accurate, usable transcriptions. WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEW The interview touches on how Harry uses...

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 8) Guests: Kumar Rangarajan (CEO, Slang Labs), Tobias Dengel (CEO, WillowTree) Stories for discussion: 1) The Rise and Stall of the US Smart Speaker Market (Voicebot.AI) 2) Vizio Will Integrate SoundHound Voice AI Across Smart TV Line (Voicebot.AI) 3) Telehealth Visits Now Available Through Amazon Alexa (The Verge) 4) Star Wars Fans React To Learning Luke Skywalker Was Voiced By A Computer (ScreenRant)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 7) Guests: John Campbell (Rabbit & Pork), Tom Livne (Verbit.ai), Jen Heape (Vixen Labs) Stories for discussion: 1a) Google, a big fan of safety, expands Assistant Guest Mode to 9 other languages (Android Police) 1b) Apple says a ‘small portion’ of iPhones recorded interactions with Siri even if you opted out (The Verge) 2) Report: 62% of orgs use voice technology to increase revenue (VentureBeat) 3) Amazon’s new Super Bowl ad features a creepy...

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 6) Guests: Naresh Kuppuswamy (DataForce), Liz Persaud (Georgia Tech), Johan Stromberg (Wanderword) Stories for discussion: 1) Jaguar Land Rover adds Amazon Alexa voice control as standard (Autocar) 2) Apple was a smart-speaker laggard, but its strategy is working (Fast Company) 3) iHeartMedia Leads $3M Funding Round for Social Audio Startup Gimme Radio (Voicebot.AI) 4) Artificial Intelligence Can Now Craft Original Jokes—And That’s No Laughing Matter...

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 5) Guests: Paul Welham (Cereproc), Audrey Arbeeny (Audiobrain), Sean Austin (Helios) Stories for discussion: 1) Voice assistant maker SoundHound to go public via $2 billion SPAC deal (Reuters) 2) "Alexa, play something on Netflix." (The Verge) 3) Voice AI company Skit looks to hire 1000 people across US, SE Asia, India (Economic Times) 4) ReadSpeaker Debuts Voice User Interface Platform For Nintendo Switch (Voicebot.AI)

This Week In Voice, Season 6 Episode 4, features guests Rana Gujral (CEO, Behavioral Signals), Jon Stine (Executive Director, Open Voice Network) and Thomas Lindgren (Executive Chairman, Wanderword). Stories include: 1) M&A Watch: LivePerson's Transformational Acquisitions (Dan Miller, Opus Research) 2) Healthcare's Use Of Voice Tech Seen As "Game Changer" For Diagnostics, Patient Experience (PYMNTS) 3) A Start-up Says Its Voice Recognition Tech Beats Google And Amazon At Reducing...

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 3) Featuring guests Kerry Brix (conversational AI consultant), Todd Mozer (CEO, Sensory), and Alistair van Moere (Chief Product Officer, MetaMetrics) Stories for discussion: 1) Microsoft and NVIDIA unveil enormous language model with 530 billion parameters (Voicebot.ai) 2) Wendy's to use Google's AI to stop burgers from burning (ScreenRant) 3) Bowers & Wilkins "Zeppelin" gets rebooted as a $799 smart speaker (Digital Trends) 4) Where Have All The...

This Week In Voice - Season 6, Episode 2 Featuring guests Ken Sutton (CEO, Yobe) and Brandon Kaplan (CEO, Skilled Creative) Featured stories for discussion: 1) Hey Siri, what happened? (The Verge) 2) Amazon give Alexa more patience (Ars Technica) 3) Conversational AI market to reach $32B globally by 2030 (Yahoo) 4) AI is still awesome, 20 years later (Cult of Whatever) ------- Project Voice X takes place October 25-27 in Destin / Fort Walton Beach, Florida. For more information, visit...

This Week In Voice returns for Season 6! The season premiere is an interview with Cerence CEO Sanjay Dhawan, covering voice's evolved role in the car, how the company views the return to work and future of work, Cerence's positioning relative to big tech, and what's next for the company.

This Week In Voice takes a break from the usual news of the week in voice technology and conversational AI to speak with Dr. Teri Fisher, creator of Alexa in Canada and Voice First Health podcasts, numerous voice training materials, and The Voice Den, a pandemic-era social experience for the voice community. Teri is celebrating 1,000 flash briefings produced and published - a remarkable achievement. This interview spans all of those topics and more. This Week In Voice is part of the...

This Week In Voice, Season 5 Episode 4, features Simon Lau (Otter.ai) and Nick Livingston (HoneIt). Stories for discussion include: 1) Voice Assistants and the Election 1a) Voicebot: How Voice Assistants Are Responding To Election Result Updates 1b) Voicebot: How Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant Are Reporting On Election Day 2) Press Gazette (UK): Smart Audio: What Publishers Need To Know About The Latest Tech Revolution 3) MIT Technology Review: AI Pioneer Geoff Hinton: Deep Learning...

This Week In Voice, Season 5 Episode 3, features special guests Patricia Scanlon (Soapbox Labs), Julia Liberty (AI Data Innovations), and Dr. Phillip Alvelda (Brainworks). Stories for discussion include: 1) MacRumors: Apple Acquires AI Startup Vilynx To Improve Siri 2) TechCrunch: Apple Search Crawler Activity Could Signal A Google Competitor 3) Adobe: Voice Technology's Role In Our Rapidly Changing World 4) Voicebot: Voice-Activated Museum "Planet Word" Opens In DC This Week In Voice...

This Week In Voice, Season 5 Episode 2, features special guests Caitlin Gutekunst (Creativity, Inc.), Lisa Michaud (Interactions), and Kat Zdan (Google). Stories for discussion include: 1) Voicebot: Alexa Now Offers Personalized Reading Recommendations 2) Android Police: A Secret, Unreleased Option Lets Users Invoke Assistant On Smart Displays Without Saying "Hey Google" 3) MIT Technology Review: The True Dangers Of AI Are Closer Than We Think 4) Behold, The Smart Cactus! This Week In...

Hosted by Bradley Metrock and featuring guests Daniela Braga (CEO, DefinedCrowd), Nils Lenke (VP Apps, Cerence) and Derek Roberti (VP Technology, North America, Cognigy), This Week In Voice kicks off Season 5 with stories checking in on Google, Amazon, and Apple's voice/AI ecosystems. Additionally, a story about protecting children from AI is part of the show, and the first episode of Season 5 wraps with each of the guests discussing what they and their companies are most looking forward to...

The fifth of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and the hidden data within human speech. Caitlyn Brooksby (Canary Speech), Aaron Bours (Hyro.ai), Kenn Harper (Nuance), Scott Sandland (Cyrano.ai), and Mike Page (Phebi.ai) round out a powerhouse panel.

The fourth of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and health insurance. Audrey Arbeeny (Audiobrain), Bhagvan Kommadi (ValueMomentum), Maaike Coppens (Promptful), Matt Cybulsky (IONIA), and Mika Eddy (UnitedHealth Group) round out a powerhouse panel.

The third of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and accessibility of healthcare. Dale LaRue (RAIN Agency), Jon Gordon (LifePod), and Tarah Knaresboro (Renalis Health) round out a powerhouse panel.

The second of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and the electronic health record. Ricky Sahu (CEO, 1up.Health), Pat Williams (CEO, iScribe Health), Miriam Paramore (President, OptimizeRX), Rushi Ganmukhi (CEO, Bola.ai), and Scott Stephenson (CEO, Deepgram) round out a powerhouse panel.

The first of five special healthcare episodes of This Week In Voice features a roundtable discussion on the intersection of voice tech, conversational AI, and aging in place. Nate Treloar (Orbita), Mark Gray (Constant Companion), Dan Messina (Hands Free Health) and Jean-Claude Junqua (CE2Innovate) provides a lively and highly experienced panel.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) records the Season Finale of Season 4 of This Week In Voice, live as part of The Voice of the Car Summit on April 7, 2020. Featured guests include Carla Bailo (President and CEO, Center for Automotive Research), Piyush Chandra (Director of Product Management, NAUTO) and Chandra Khatri (Lead Research Scientist, Artificial Intelligence, Uber).

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) speaks with Rupal Patel (CEO, VocaliD) and Mike Tatum (CEO, Spokestack) about the news of the week in voice technology and conversational AI, including Mycroft's battle against patent trolls, Alexa's increasing usage in banking and healthcare, and one pioneer's creation which allows people to call Google Assistant devices using rotary phones.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) speaks with voice super-developer Ilarna Nche (Software Developer, Matchbox.io) about the news of the week in voice tech and conversational AI. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) speaks with Corinne Kleinman (Georgetown University) and discusses the top voice tech and AI news of the week, from Amazon executives unplugging Alexa devices in their homes to Cerence's desire to let you choose your own voice assistant in the car to the University of Michigan ridding itself of Clinc's former CEO. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice recorded a special roundtable interview at CES, focused on the Chinese market for voice technology and AI. Joining host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) is Shining Hsiong (Founder and CEO, Shenzhenware), Bo Xi (Market Developer Manager, Knowles Electronics) and Andy Bellavia (Director of Market Development, Knowles Electronics). The conversation centers on differences between the United States and Chinese markets for voice technology, and what we can expect to see in...

This Week In Voice, Season 4 Episode 13, features as guests the Samsung Bixby Team: Roger Kibbe, John Alioto, and Jonathan Pan. Joined by host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing, and executive producer of Project Voice), the Bixby crew discusses a productive 2019 which saw the release of their developer ecosystem for Bixby and a successful roadshow across the United States. The conversation steers, toward the end, to privacy and data security, as well as Project Voice itself, where...