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Flash briefing 18 – Talking Hands Translates Sign Language to Voice

Another great application of voice technology is being developed by Italian startup LiMiX .The product, which is set to be released in 2019 is a glove and accompanying app that translates Italian Sign Language (or LIS, Lingua dei Segni Italiana) to voice. The implications are life-changing for those with hearing impairment and for people that...

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Flash briefing – 19 Generation V

Every once in a while, increasing in frequency I see a tweet of a parent stating something like my kid was trying to talk to Alexa in the amusement park or a kid asking for the weather in a tent at camp or concerned with Alexa being alone in the house. Here’s one example of...

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Flash briefing 20 – Siri at the British Parliament

This post does not makes a serious stand on the actual security issue that the news might reflect. It’s a prediction on qhat the future could be with a smart assistant enabled parliament.  The British secretary of defense was interrupted by Siri while delivering a statement to the parliament. Funny isn’t. The response of the...

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Flash briefing – 21 Voice-first: mobile vs smart speakers

There is this tendency to look at the numbers of shipping of smart speakers. If you look a little beyond in the future smart speakers will be a minor component in the intelligent assistants ecosystem. From stories with kids expecting Alexa to tell them the weather at a camping, to one yelling Bike stop! We...

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Flash briefing 22 – Questions you need to answer for an effective voice strategy

What are the questions you need to answer for a effective voice strategy and sound identity? When a client comes to you would you advise them to be as disciplined visually as sonically? So here is 3 things you should have into account for your sound / voice strategy: Your brand persona: Most likely you...

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Flash briefing 23 – Coming events in voice technologies

Hello there, hope you are having a good day, evening or the time you are listening to this. If you are a voice enthusiast, might that be a developer, designer, entrepreneur or an investor you should be aware of the events and conferences, to flourish ideas and connect with fellow voice first enthusiasts. In this...

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