Alexey Khitrov is President at ID R&D, who increase the security of interactions with digital products such as conversational interfaces using voice authentication and behavioural biometrics. Their products add hands-free, zero-authentication to any voice enabled device, heralding a new era in frictionless, ubiquitous computing services.

We discuss how voice biometrics move us towards a future where we communicate with technology just like we communicate with our friends. Alexey gives us an overview on the state of voice authentication today, who's using it, and its limitations. We also cover the technical features of voice authentication, such as modal enrichment for continuous enhancement of the authentication accuracy. We hear about the design challenges faced when introducing zero-authentication to your application, and get advice for implementing this technology into your own voice apps.  

To wrap things up, we look ahead to the voice technology features we are likely to see emerge in 2019 and beyond, and tackle the risks around data privacy, security, and the evolving arms race between hackers and software security firms. This episode is one the most interesting conversations I've had doing this podcast and it's a real pleasure to be able to share it with you.

Links from the show: 

• ID R&D homepage: https://idrnd.net/
• ID R&D demo you can try: http://bit.ly/2I3UnPc
• ID R&D demo on Youtube: https://youtu.be/AdMzny1m2zE  
• ID R&D in call centres: http://bit.ly/2HY0XXn
• ID R&D company profile: http://bit.ly/2HY0ILX

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