An all-star panel (Lisa Falkson, Ahmed Bouzid, Brian Roemmele) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Amazon contemplating offering voice transcripts to developers, the takeaways from Amazon's Prime Day, Google's launch of Gradient Ventures, Siri usage dropping as Alexa and Cortana usage increase, Samsung's fight with users over the 'Bixby button,' the launch of Amazon's version of Best Buy's Geek Squad, Motley Fool's report of Microsoft releasing a "me-too" smart speaker, and reports of state government in Mississippi and Utah releasing their own Alexa skills. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.