Alexa is Learning to Speak Emotionally Alexa developers can inject some emotion into the voice assistant thanks to a new feature that enables the voice assistant.. AI 27 Nov 3
The Simpsons Spoof Voice Assistants and Smart Speakers on Thanksgiving Episode The Simpsons acquired a smart speaker on Sunday’s episode. It did not go well. That the episode was titled “Thanksgiving.. AI 25 Nov 6
Chipotle Adds Voice Assistant to Every Store, Launches Alexa Skill for Reordering Favorite Meals Chipotle’s custom voice assistant is handling phone orders for all 2,500 branches of the popular fast-casual Mexican chain. The company.. AI 25 Nov 2
U.S. Consumers Do Express a Preference for Female Gendered Voice Assistants According to New Research There are intermittent discussions within the voice technology community and in the media about the gender of popular consumer voice.. AI 23 Nov 2
Correct Call-to-Action Recall by Users is Twice as High for Human Voices as Synthetic for Voice Apps You may think that consumer preference for human over synthetic voices in voice apps is simply an aesthetic concern. Data.. AI 21 Nov 4
Samsung Bixby Developers from Home Advisor, Baby Stats, Dilli Labs, and Volley – Voicebot Podcast Ep 123 Four independent developers discuss their experience building for Samsung Bixby and react to announcements from Samsung Developer Conference 2019, including.. AI 21 Nov 3
Orbita Acquires Voice App Connecting Hospital Patients to Nurses Healthcare-focused voice AI developer Orbita is rolling out a virtual health assistant called OrbitaAssist to help patients better communicate with.. AI 21 Nov 4
Sonos Acquires Snips for $37.5 Million Sonos announced yesterday that it has acquired Snips for $37.5 million. The purchase price is below the valuation of $50.. AI 21 Nov 2
Bank of America is Number One in New Patents for Financial Services, Upping Voice and AI Investment The U.S. patent office granted Bank of America more new patents in 2018 than any other financial services institution according.. AI 20 Nov 3
Salesforce Launches Custom Voice Skills for Einstein Platform Salesforce revealed the next step in its plans to integrate voice technology into its business services by enabling clients to.. AI 19 Nov 3