In this episode, Roger talks with KQED's Senior Producer of Voice and AI, Lowell Robinson. Lowell and KQED have been very innovative with voice and have explored the interaction between humans and machines in depth. Lowell discusses KQED innovations, the challenges of voice,  and philosophically about man-machine interactions.

Links from the Show

• KQED - www.kqed.org
• The Voicebot Chronicles Skill - www.amazon.com/VoiceBot-Chronicles-KQED-Interactive/dp/B08433THZY
• Human or Machine Skill - https://www.amazon.com/KQED-Human-or-Machine/dp/B09SR98HY6

Keeping in Touch

• Lowell on LinkedIn- www.linkedin.com/in/lowellrobinson/
• Lowell on Twitter -  @lowellr

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace and Bixby devices, including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/

In this episode, Roger talks with entrepreneur Michael Novak. Michael and Roger discuss Michael's history with voice, his work with the Open Voice Network, voice and privacy, and  where and how Web3 and  the metaverse intersect with voice. As always Roger asks his guest to give his voice predictions at the end!

Keeping in Touch

• Michael on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/iotmichaelnovak
• Michael on Twitter - @MisterNova

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/

In this episode, Roger talks with his colleague at Samsung, Prasad Sethumadhavan. Prasad has had a career working with Microsoft Cortana, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung Bixby as well as earlier voice assistants like TellMe. Roger and Prasad discuss the state of voice, what is working and what isn't and why, and the future of voice.

Roger and Prasad discuss:

• Prasad's background
• TellMe - the "OG" telephone-based phone assistant
• B2B and B2C voice and how B2B is hot in voice now
• Voice Commerce
• Viv Labs and its next-gen voice platform
• Where Bixby was and is
• Voice and IOT devices/Smarthome
• How a virtual version of a human assistant is the ultimate goal
• The infamous Knowledge Navigator demo and how close we are
• Challenges with voice, discoverability, NLU needs, etc
• Web, mobile, and voice
• Prasad's hidden gem
• Prasad's 2022 and 10-year predictions

Keeping in Touch

• Prasad on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/prasadsethumadhavan

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/

In this episode, Roger talks with Tim Kahle and Dominik Meißner of 169 Labs. Tim and Dominik are voice OG's and have a long history of building compelling voice experiences.

Roger, Tim, and Dominik discuss:

• Their first experiences with voice
• Their infamous travel experiences getting to the seminal 2018 Alexa Conference
• How and why 169 Labs was founded
• Some early 169 Labs voice experiences
• The evolution of voice from 2017 to the present
• How user's expectations of voice have changed and have not changed
• Why simplicity wins
• Building voice apps for kids
• What industries in Germany are building voice experiences
• Voice industry adoption and usage in Germany and Europe
• What's holding back voice adoption
• Advances in voice technology and what's needed
• Tim and Dominik's hidden gem voice experiences
• Their prediction for the short term and long term future

Links from the Show

• 169 Labs - www.169labs.com
• All About Voice conferences and events - www.allaboutvoice.io

Keeping in Touch

• Tim on Twitter - @kahle
• Tim on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/timkahle
• Dominik on Twitter - @d_meissner
• Dominik on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/dominik-meissner
• 169 Labs on Twitter - @169labs

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/

In this episode, Roger talks with Steve Tingiris, the CEO of Dabble Lab. Steve is an expert in voice development and has just published a book about using OpenAI's GPT-3

Roger and Steve discuss

• Steve's first experience with voice and how he started developing for it
• Steve's ambitious first Alexa skill
• What Steve's company, Dabble Lab does
• The opportunities in B2B and contact centers
• Steve's love for creating tutorials
• What GPT-3 is
• What GPT-3 is good at and an example GPT-3 based skill - Improv Partner
• How Improv Partner uses GPT-3 to content filter itself
• The challenges of using language models like GPT-3
• What GPT-3 isn't good at
• Codex and Copilot - Programming tools that will revolutionize developing software
• Using the right tools for the right job when developing
• How long Steve will be programming? Will he be programming in his 80's?
• Steve's hidden gem - something voice is very good at that too few people use
• Steve's short term and long term predictions
• Keeping in touch

Links from the Show
Dabble Lab - dabblelab.com
Open AI (GPT-3) - openai.com
Exploring GPT-3 (Steve's GPT-3 book) - www.packtpub.com/product/exploring-gpt-3/9781800563193
Improv Partner (Alexa Skill) - www.amazon.com/Dabble-Lab-Improv-Partner/dp/B09G49HW3L

Keeping in Touch
Steve on Twitter - @tingiris
Dabble Lab on Twitter - @dabblelab
Steve on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/tingiris/

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/
Bixby Developer News/Blogs - https://bixby.developer.samsung.com/

In this episode, Roger talks with Nick Myers, the CEO of Redfox AI. Redfox just introduced the V Lab voice assistant which solves a very challenging issue in health care.

Roger and Nick discuss

• Nick's professional background and how he started with Voice
• The founding of RedFox.AI and their pivots
• Nicks very personal story about V Lab and why it's so important to him
• Voice and the web - why it makes sense but why it hasn't gained traction
• Building an independent voice assistant
• Synthetic voices vs voice actors
• Nicks predictions for voice
• And much more . . . 

Links from the Show
RedFox.AI - redfox-ai.com

Keeping in Touch
Nick's e-mail - [email protected]
Nick on Twitter - @therednickm
Nick on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/nick-myers-0794

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/
Bixby Developer News/Blogs - https://bixby.developer.samsung.com/

In this episode, Roger talks with Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald. Maarten is a voice evangelist; He works with the Dutch Voice coalition to bring voice to the Dutch people, founded Project Zilver which brings voice to elder adults, actively works on the Open Voice Network, and is an all-around icon in the voice community.

Roger and Maarten discuss

• Maarten's background
• Voice Evangelism and what it is
• Maarten's first experience with voice
• AR and voice
• The Dutch Voice Coalition
• Voice for the people and why it's important
• What is "Google Dutch" and the dangers of voice homogeny
• Openness and voice -why voice should be more like the web
• Project Zilver and bringing voice to older adults
• Why the voice opportunity for older adults is so huge
• Maarten's Book
• Open Voice Network and what Maarten does for it
• Maarten's Podcast and Newsletter
• In-Person Events and Covid
• Voice Lunch
• Maarten's hidden gem
• Maarten's shocking prediction
• Keeping in touch

Links from the Show
Dutch Voice Coalition - www.spraakcoalitie.nl
Project Zilver - www.projectzilver.com
Open Voice Network - openvoicenetwork.org
Open Voice Newsletter - www.getrevue.co/profile/openvoice
Open Voice Events - www.openvoice.nl
Maarten's Book - www.managementboek.nl/boek/9789047012900/voice-maarten-lens-fitzgerald

Keeping in Touch
Maarten's Website - www.lens-fitzgerald.com
Maarten on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/lensfitzgerald
Maarten on Twitter - twitter.com/Dutchcowboy

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/
Bixby Developer News/Blogs - https://bixby.developer.samsung.com/

In this episode, Roger talks with Dave Kemp. Dave runs business development for Oaktree Products but is most well known for his Future Ear podcast and his thought leadership around hearables and voice

Dave and Roger discuss

• Dave's Background and the founding of Oaktree Products
• How a hearing aid components company and Dave got involved with voice
• Dave's early experiences with voice and the synergy he saw between Oaktree's business and voice
• The massive opportunity for voice and older adults
• Why the industry hasn't figured out this massive opportunity
• How wear all the time devices like hearing aids open up new opportunities to think about where and how we can use voice
• The post-phone era
• Airpods, earpods, etc, and the innovation we are seeing
• Ambient computing
• Hearing augmentation and consumer devices. 
• Podcasting - how and why Dave started Future Ear Radio
• The joys of podcasting and advice for those starting out as podcasters
• The secret networking tool that podcasting is
• Dave's 2nd podcast, This Week in Hearing
• The interesting model behind This Week in Hearing
• Dave's business idea: Golf + Voice
• Dave predictions for the short and long term

Links from the Show
Oaktree Products - www.oaktreeproducts.com
Future Ear Radio Podcast and Blog - futurear.co/future-ear-radio
This Week in Hearing podcast - hearinghealthmatters.org/thisweek

Keeping in Touch
Dave on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/dave-kemp
Dave on Twitter -@Oaktree_Dave
Dave's Blog - futurear.co
Future Ear Radio on Twitter - @FuturEar_Radio
This Week in Hearing on Twitter - @WeekinHearing

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/
Bixby Developer News/Blogs - https://bixby.developer.samsung.com/

This episode is a little different. Roger was interviewed by the Two Voice Devs podcast a couple of weeks ago. In this podcast within a podcast, Roger's interview by Mark Tucker and Allen Firstenberg, of Two Voice Devs, is embedded within the Bixby Developers Chat podcast

Because of vacations, the regular Bixby Developers Chat format will be back in about a month

Roger and Mark Tucker Discuss

• Roger's tech background and how he got into voice
• Roger's work for Samsung as a Bixby Developer Evangelist
• How Bixby Development is different
• Cross platform voice development and tools like Jovo
• The Open Voice Network, what it is, and what work Roger is doing for it.

If you are not subscribed to the excellent Two Voice Devs podcast, you should subscribe today. It's available on your favorite podcast player/voice assistant or on the web at:
anchor.fm/two-voice-devs

Links from the Show
Two Voice Dev's Podcast - anchor.fm/two-voice-devs
Getting Started with Bixby Development - bixbydevelopers.com

Keeping in Touch
Mark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tuckerm/
Mark on Twitter: @marktucker
Allen  on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/allen-s-firstenberg-950130/
Allen on Twitter - @afirstenberg
Roger on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe/
Roger on Twitter - @rogerkibbe

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/
Bixby Developer News/Blogs - https://bixby.developer.samsung.com/

In this episode, Roger talks with Otto Söderlund. Otto is the CEO and co-founder of Speechly. Speechly is voice enabling mobile apps, the web, and more with its speech tools and framework.

Otto and Roger discuss:

• Our shared early computing experiences
• Otto's career path prior to Speechly
• Early experiences with voice
• The founding of Speechly
• What Speechly does and why it is different
• Speechly's tech which combines ASR and NLU to provide not only performance gains but also better understanding. Why combining these provides an advantage
• The responsibility of technologists and AI to free us from needing to learn the tech and to humanize our technology
• Speechly and eCommerce
• Multimodality
• The opportunities for voice in B2B/Business
• The huge workforce that benefits from tech but also benefits from tech getting out of the way and how voice is an enabler.
• Why the "Angry Birds" of voice is likely a business application
• The opportunities for voice
• Otto's favorite voice experience
• Otto's short terms and long term prediction. Why the voice industry will go away and that's a good thing

Links from the Show
Speechly - www.speechly.com
Speechly demo of using voice for eCommerce search - fashion.speechly.com
Getting started with Speechly - www.speechly.com/get-started

Keeping in Touch
Otto on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/ottosoderlund
Otto on Twitter -@OttoSoderlund
Speechly on Twitter - @SpeechlyAPI

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/
Bixby Developer News/Blogs - https://bixby.developer.samsung.com/