This Week In Voice

This Week In Voice

Season 7, Episode 3

Guests: Chris Ezekiel (CEO, Creative Virtual), Timo Kunz (Founder, Aflorithmic / API.Audio), Sean McIlrath (VP and GM, Americas, Artificial Solutions)

Stories:

1) Siri, Alexa, and Google Home make children rude, anti-social (NY Post): https://nypost.com/2022/09/28/siri-alexa-and-google-home-make-children-rude-anti-social-study/

2) Here are the new features Amazon is adding to Alexa (Engadget): https://www.engadget.com/here-are-the-new-features-amazon-is-adding-to-alexa-170858160.html

3) Conversational AI Is Asking For Ethical Oversight (European Business Review): https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/conversational-ai-is-asking-for-ethical-oversight-how-can-humans-best-answer-the-call/

4) Darth Vader to be voiced by AI (The Sun): https://www.the-sun.com/tech/6295117/darth-vader-new-voice-ai-james-earl-jones-retires/

This Week In Voice

Season 7, Episode 2

Guests: Maddy Apple (CEO, Women In Voice), Alex Misiaszek (SVP, Truist), Celene Osiecka (Senior Director, Conversation Design, [24]7.ai)

Stories for discussion:

1) Amazon brings "Tap to Alexa" accessibility feature to Fire tablets for the first time (TechCrunch)

2) "Alexa, Should My Company Invest In Voice Technology?" (Harvard Business Review)

3) New Buzz Lightyear Toy Includes Conversational AI and Voice Recognition (Voicebot.ai)

4) Getty Images Bans AI-generated Content Over Fears Of Legal Challenges (The Verge)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 11)

Featuring guests Brad Hastedt (DataForce) and Andrei Papancea (NLX)

Stories:

1) Spotify Rebrands Greenroom Social Audio as Spotify Live, Adds Livestream to Main App (Voicebot.ai)

2) Nest Hub Max may soon let you summon Google Assistant without saying a word (Android Central)

3) Enterprise Conversational AI Startup Observe.AI Raises $125M (Voicebot.ai)

4) You Can Now Tell Alexa to Plant a Tree for You (Make Use Of)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 10)

Featuring guests Phil Hall (LXT.ai) and Lauren Cowles (Veritone)

Stories for discussion:

1) Voice cloning technology may have been used in Pearland scam (KHOU-11, Houston TX)

2) Amazon's Alexa is becoming a member of the family (Fortune)

3) Restaurants leverage conversational AI to automate order taking (PYMNTS.com)

4) Your iPhone has ten Harry Potter 'spells' that really work with Siri (New York Post)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 9) is a very special episode - an interview with YouTube sensation / freestyle rapper Harry Mack.

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WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE THROUGHOUT THE INTERVIEW

The interview touches on how Harry uses voice assistants in his personal life, and then proceeds to re-trace some moments from his career that Project Voice CEO Bradley Metrock discovered that led to him booking Harry to play Euphonious, Birmingham's music and tech festival taking place June 17-19.

Metrock and Harry Mack "react" to some of these previous videos, which include:

Harry Mack Freestyles Get A Standing Ovation | Omegle Bars 37 (REACTION) from YouTube reactor Scru Face Jean

TRASH or PASS! Harry Mack (IT'S A PARTY ON OMEGLE - Omegle Bars 30 [REACTION!!!] from YouTube reactor LayedBak

Inspirational | Harry Mack Freestyle (Omegle Bars 43) from Harry Mack's own Harry Mack Clips YouTube channel

BEST FREESTYLER EVER! | Harry Mack Omegle Bars 52 (REACTION!!!) from YouTube reactor NoLifeShaq

The interview concludes with Harry Mack creating a spontaneous song out of three words discussed over the course of the show...one of which is, of course, Euphonious, where Harry will open for Collective Soul at 7 PM Central on Sunday, June 19.

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 8)

Guests: Kumar Rangarajan (CEO, Slang Labs), Tobias Dengel (CEO, WillowTree)

Stories for discussion:

1) The Rise and Stall of the US Smart Speaker Market (Voicebot.AI)

2) Vizio Will Integrate SoundHound Voice AI Across Smart TV Line (Voicebot.AI)

3) Telehealth Visits Now Available Through Amazon Alexa (The Verge)

4) Star Wars Fans React To Learning Luke Skywalker Was Voiced By A Computer (ScreenRant)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 7)

Guests: John Campbell (Rabbit & Pork), Tom Livne (Verbit.ai), Jen Heape (Vixen Labs)

Stories for discussion:

1a) Google, a big fan of safety, expands Assistant Guest Mode to 9 other languages (Android Police)

1b) Apple says a ‘small portion’ of iPhones recorded interactions with Siri even if you opted out (The Verge)

2) Report: 62% of orgs use voice technology to increase revenue (VentureBeat)

3) Amazon’s new Super Bowl ad features a creepy mind-reading Alexa (The Verge)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 6)

Guests: Naresh Kuppuswamy (DataForce), Liz Persaud (Georgia Tech), Johan Stromberg (Wanderword)

Stories for discussion:

1) Jaguar Land Rover adds Amazon Alexa voice control as standard (Autocar)

2) Apple was a smart-speaker laggard, but its strategy is working (Fast Company)

3) iHeartMedia Leads $3M Funding Round for Social Audio Startup Gimme Radio (Voicebot.AI)

4) Artificial Intelligence Can Now Craft Original Jokes—And That’s No Laughing Matter (TIME)

This Week In Voice (Season 6, Episode 5)

Guests: Paul Welham (Cereproc), Audrey Arbeeny (Audiobrain), Sean Austin (Helios)

Stories for discussion:

1) Voice assistant maker SoundHound to go public via $2 billion SPAC deal (Reuters)

2) "Alexa, play something on Netflix." (The Verge)

3) Voice AI company Skit looks to hire 1000 people across US, SE Asia, India (Economic Times)

4) ReadSpeaker Debuts Voice User Interface Platform For Nintendo Switch (Voicebot.AI)

This Week In Voice, Season 6 Episode 4, features guests Rana Gujral (CEO, Behavioral Signals), Jon Stine (Executive Director, Open Voice Network) and Thomas Lindgren (Executive Chairman, Wanderword).

Stories include:

1) M&A Watch: LivePerson's Transformational Acquisitions (Dan Miller, Opus Research)

2) Healthcare's Use Of Voice Tech Seen As "Game Changer" For Diagnostics, Patient Experience (PYMNTS)

3) A Start-up Says Its Voice Recognition Tech Beats Google And Amazon At Reducing Racial Bias (CNBC)

4) Biggest Names In Voice Tech Coming To Okaloosa Island For Project Voice X (Northwest Florida Daily News)

This Week In Voice, hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Project Voice; General Partner, Project Voice Capital Partners) is part of the Project Voice Media Group.