Alexa Dev Chat

In this episode Dave catches up with fan favorite, Brian Roemmele. The two discuss all things #VoiceFirst, how things are shaping up in 2018, is it living up to expectations, and what has us excited for the future. Brian is a published writer and has been part of the tech industry for decades. He is a well-known expert in the growing voice space and has written numerous articles around the impacts of technology in our lives.

Links:

Brian's Twitter: http://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele

Brian's Website: http://VoiceFirst.expert

In this episode Dave chats with Collin Davis, GM, Alexa For Business at Amazon. Alexa for Business was launched in the fall of 2017 and helps makes it simple to use Alexa within your work organization. Collin and Dave discuss how the idea for Alexa Business came to be, what areas the team chose to focus on first (conference rooms, provisioning devices, managing users, custom skills) and what companies are building today with the service.

Alexa for Business Portal:

http://aws.amazon.com/alexaforbusiness

Alexa for Business Github:

http://github.com/alexa/alexa-for-business

In this episode Dave chats with Collin Davis, GM, Alexa For Business at Amazon. Alexa for Business was launched in the fall of 2017 and helps makes it simple to use Alexa within your work organization. Collin and Dave discuss how the idea for Alexa Business came to be, what areas the team chose to focus on first (conference rooms, provisioning devices, managing users, custom skills) and what companies are building today with the service.

Alexa for Business Portal:

http://aws.amazon.com/alexaforbusiness

Alexa for Business Github:

http://github.com/alexa/alexa-for-business

In this episode Dave chats with Pilar Manchon, Director of Cognitive Interfaces at Amazon. Pilar has a long history in AI and is fluent in multiple spoken languages. The two discuss human context, personal biases we bring, and cultural aspects of spoken language. What does all of this mean for conversational interfaces and what should be thinking about today in your own voice drive experience?

Pilar's Twitter: http://twitter.com/pilarmanchon

In this episode Dave chats with Pilar Manchon, Director of Cognitive Interfaces at Amazon. Pilar has a long history in AI and is fluent in multiple spoken languages. The two discuss human context, personal biases we bring, and cultural aspects of spoken language. What does all of this mean for conversational interfaces and what should be thinking about today in your own voice drive experience?

Pilar's Twitter: http://twitter.com/pilarmanchon

In the episode Dave chats with Pete Erickson, entrepreneur and founder of Modev. They talk about growing the Voice community through local meetups, what it really means to get involved at a person to person interaction level and the upcoming Voice Summit. They also discuss the lost art of writing and how you those skills are more important today, in the age of Voice, than ever before.

Voice Summit - http://VoiceSummit.ai

MoDev - http://twitter.com/gomodev

In the episode Dave chats with Pete Erickson, entrepreneur and founder of Modev. They talk about growing the Voice community through local meetups, what it really means to get involved at a person to person interaction level and the upcoming Voice Summit. They also discuss the lost art of writing and how you those skills are more important today, in the age of Voice, than ever before.

Voice Summit - http://VoiceSummit.ai

MoDev - http://twitter.com/gomodev

This episode reflects back on Voice Design in 2017 and what we might expect to see this coming year. Dave brings back guest Paul Cutsinger and the two discuss the rise of multiple Alexa device form factors, how can voice driven experiences take advantage of visual information and what does all this mean for conversational experiences. Are there lessons can we can learn from Mobile or are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past? Dave also dives deeper into what game development and player engagements might look like this coming year with Voice as the game controller.

Links:

Alexa Feature Requests: http://alexa.uservoice.com

Alexa Github: http://github.com/alexa

Alexa Design Guide - http://alexa.design/guide

This episode reflects back on Voice Design in 2017 and what we might expect to see this coming year. Dave brings back guest Paul Cutsinger and the two discuss the rise of multiple Alexa device form factors, how can voice driven experiences take advantage of visual information and what does all this mean for conversational experiences. Are there lessons can we can learn from Mobile or are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past? Dave also dives deeper into what game development and player engagements might look like this coming year with Voice as the game controller.

Links:

Alexa Feature Requests: http://alexa.uservoice.com

Alexa Github: http://github.com/alexa

Alexa Design Guide - http://alexa.design/guide

In this episode Dave chats with Brian Roemmele about the future of voice and conversational user interfaces. Brian is a published writer and has been part of the tech industry for decades. He is a well-known expert in the growing voice space and has written numerous articles around the impacts of technology in our lives. This is an episode you don't want to miss!

Links:

Brian's Twitter: http://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele

Brian's Website: http://VoiceFirst.expert