Welcome to another episode of The Speechly Podcast where you can expect conversations exploring the best opportunities in the world of Voice User Interfaces. Today we have the next interview from the "Voice Pioneers Fireside Chats" series - where we have interviews with individuals who have made a significant impact in the world of Voice Technology. We will explore the past work that makes them a “Pioneer” while also exploring topics around the current and future user behavior with Voice-Enabled experiences.

Today my guest is Dr. David Nahamoo. David is the CTO of Pryon, an AI company that delivers augmented intelligence for the enterprise. However, prior to becoming the CTO at Pryon, David had an extensive career at IBM. He led award-winning teams for nearly four decades and ultimately became the IBM Research Speech CTO. David's extensive experience in the space gave us a unique view into how various pieces of Speech Recognition and Natural Language Understanding technology have evolved over the last few decades.

We discussed various topics such as:

- How have the problems in Speech Recognition changed from the 1980s to present day 2022?

- How have the techniques for developing Speech Recognition changed from the 1980s to present day 2022?

- What have been some of the best use cases for Speech Recognition and Voice UIs at IBM?

- The importance of setting reasonable user expectations with Voice-enabled exeriences.

- Key trends to pay attention to in Speech Recognition and Natural Language Understanding in 2022

I hope you enjoy this interview with Dr. David Nahamoo on The Speechly Podcast!

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