This Week In Voice

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This Week In Voice - Season 3 Episode 12 Jan 25, 2019

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On the heels of The 2019 Alexa Conference, host Bradley Metrock discusses the #VoiceFirst news of the week with guests Brielle Nickoloff (Witlingo) and Lucas Wonderley (SAP). Stories include KFC opening up voice-first ordering in India, Sherpa.AI raising $8.5M, and Alexa saying something truly offensive perhaps for the first time ever. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 3 Special Holiday Edition Dec 21, 2018

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This Week In Voice host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) turns on the mic, right before the holidays, to thank listeners for sharing such a great year for voice-first technology with us. We preview The Alexa Conference (coming up in January) and reflect on the top 3 stories of the year. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 3 Episode 11 Dec 07, 2018

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Rebecca Evanhoe (VUI designer), Doug Robinson (CEO, Fresh Digital Group), and Wilson Standish (Director of Voice, Gimlet Media) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including Apple Music coming to Amazon Echo devices, Google Maps optimized for use with Google Assistant, Amazon doubles audio clip size available to developers, and experts warn AI could hardwire sexism into our future. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 3 Episode 10 Nov 30, 2018

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Ben Fox Rubin (Senior Reporter, CNET) joins host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including the current shortcomings of voice commerce, Amazon's massive sales of Alexa-enabled devices over Black Friday weekend, Cornell University's study of how smart speakers are creating passive listeners, and how one man in Japan decided to marry a hologram. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 3 Episode 9 Nov 16, 2018

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With a last-minute need to reschedule our previously-scheduled guests, we invited friend of the show Brian Roemmele - the person who coined the term "voice-first" - to join us. Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) discussed with Brian the top stories in voice-first technology, in his mind, as we head toward the end of the year. The result is a wide-ranging hour-long conversation touching on a number of very relevant issues in the young space, and a look ahead to issues that will shape voice technology well into 2019. This Week In Voice is brought to you by Castlingo, which allows anyone to create an Alexa skill without knowing any code by using Witlingo's mobile app to upload audio - super easy for anyone from podcasters to publishers to politicians and anyone else! This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 3 Episode 8 Nov 09, 2018

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Pete Erickson (CEO, Modev) and Bret Kinsella (Editor and Publisher, Voicebot.AI) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including Alexa's 4th birthday, Google partnering with Disney and Sephora, Samsung going "all in" on Bixby, and a report that young people favor female voices with voice assistants. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 3 Episode 7 Nov 01, 2018

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Anne Weiler (CEO and co-founder of Wellpepper) and Matt Cybulsky (Principal, IONIA) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including the announcement of APL (Alexa Presentation Language), Alexa adding election information for voters leading up to midterm elections, Google partnering with Spotify, and voice-first healthcare delivered by Suki and Cuida Health. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 3 Episode 6 Oct 26, 2018

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Mari Lescaille (VoiceFirst Weekly) along with Kane Simms and Dustin Coates (VUX World) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including whether Alexa should "be afraid" of Google, Amazon's partnership with Qualcomm to produce Alexa-enabled headphones, Samsung's latest features for Bixby rolling out at an upcoming developer conference, and reports from Carnegie Mellon on sound and vibration supporting "context-aware" computing. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 3 Episode 5 Oct 19, 2018

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Stuart Crane (CEO and founder of Voice Metrics) and Ben Fisher (CEO and founder of Magic + Company) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including children growing up knowing Alexa, Amazon patenting technology for Alexa to know if you're sick, Google fighting for voice commerce market share and the overall state of voice-first purchasing, and whether we need a voice-first "smart couch" or not. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

This Week In Voice - Season 3 Episode 4 Oct 12, 2018

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An all-star panel (Brian Garr, Daniel Gonzalez) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the growing competition for multi-modal supremacy, 61% of Alexa skills have no ratings, Google Duplex on the new Pixel phone, the newest cohort of Alexa Accelerator companies, and over a million people proposed to Alexa last year! This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

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