The VoiceFirst Weekly VR with synthesized speech first look
Hi guys, today there is two exciting news, one: I played with the presentation host from the just launched amazon Sumerian host feature. Amazon Sumerian is a VR/AR service by AWS. Last night, I discovered they launched this feature to have someone doing a presentation in a VR environment and decided to try it....
Apple position on voice tech after special event
So as you probably heard already, at least in terms of voice, there is not a lot to say from Apple special event. Not in voice tech the software side, but not about AirPods and only a slightly mention of new features for the HomePod. Shortcuts should be generally available on iOS 12 to...
What makes Voice First special for older adults?
No one made the case of voice technology for older adults like Heidi Culbertson did at Voice Summit (I’ll leave the link of her talk in the episode notes – 92). Coming from a personal experience Heidi had one of the best talks I assisted about voice first design, and although it was directed to...
VoiceFirst Weekly mashup: branding in voice
Happy Saturday to you all! Today’s episode, I did a compilation of some of the content we have on the show about branding in voice. Enjoy! Thank you for listening. Remember to subscribe, like, comment and share this episodes. My name is Mari, and you can find me on Twitter as voicefirstlabs and on Instagram...
Voice apps contests that you can participate right now
The best thing about contest in the voice first world is the exposure your work gets from the press that the companies will give to your app. Ask any winner of the previous contests Amazon has released like PretzelVoice with KidsCourts and Oscar Merry and Jess Williams with PandaRescue. So here is a list of...
The most human like chatbot
Mitsuku has taken home the Loebner prize 4th times, the international contest for the most human like chatbot. After being asked for his overnight success Mitsuku creator and developer Steve Worswick stated on Twitter that he has been working on it for 13 years! Do we need 13 years to create a human like chatbot? Hopefully...
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