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. In this series you can expect 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 Igor Jablokov. Igor is a true veteran in the world of Speech Recognition and Voice-enabled experiences. In the early 2000's, he led the Innovation team at IBM that invented the precursor to the Watson system we know today. Following his time at IBM, Igor founded Yap - a Speech Recognition company that was later acquired by Amazon as one of the first pieces of technology to go into building Alexa. Today Igor is the Founder and CEO of Pryon, an AI company that delivers augmented intelligence for the enterprise.

We discussed topics such as:

    - What was the main objective in developing Speech Recognition for the IBM Innovation Team in the early 2000s?

    - What led to the founding of Yap?

    - What made the Speech Recognition technology at Yap around long duration dialogues unique?

    - What involvement did Yap have with Apple?

    - What was the background on the Amazon acquisition of Yap?

    - Differences between "Conversational" Voice experiences & Voice as a Feature experiences.

    - Why was Pryon started to focus on augmented intelligence in the Enterprise?

I hope you enjoy this interview with Igor on the Speechly Podcast!

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