Video: Alexa Context Maintenance in Follow-Up Mode Delivers Improved Voice UX Follow-Up Mode was recently introduced by Amazon to reduce the number of times users have to say, “Alexa.” This is.. AI 20 Mar 1
Chinese Consumers Lead the Globe in AI Device Ownership – PwC Chinese consumers lead the world in AI device adoption with 21% owning a device such as a smart speaker or.. AI 19 Mar 1
10% of Global Consumers Own AI Devices Such as Automated Personal Assistants, Smart Speakers – PwC PwC’s annual Global Consumer Insights Survey 2018 reports that 10% of consumers around the world own an “AI device.” The.. AI 18 Mar 3
SoundHound Expands Houndify’s Language Support with Acapela Group Partnership SoundHound’s voice AI platform, Houndify, is getting new voices and text-to-speech (TTS) language support thanks to a recent partnership with.. AI 15 Mar 1
Spotify Testing Voice Assistant on Mobile App. A Prelude to a Smart Speaker? Hunter Owens lists himself as product for The Viral Fever and self-proclaimed Cool Hunter. What he found yesterday was a.. AI 15 Mar 1
How Siri Got Off Track – The Information The Information’s Aaron Tilley and Kevin McLaughlin have a 4,000-word article (N.B. paywall) detailing the checkered history and infighting that has.. AI 14 Mar 2
More EU Physicians Use Siri Than Google Assistant or Alexa A new report from DRG Digital says that about one in six European physicians are already using voice assistants and.. AI 12 Mar 2
Orbita Launches Orbita Voice to Streamline Voice App Development for Healthcare Providers Orbita has been busy the past year. The voice-first software company partnered with ERT last May to build intelligent voice.. AI 8 Mar 4
Huawei HiAssistant To Show Up in Chinese Smartphone Models XDA-developers has found evidence of HiAssistant in Huawei’s Kirin 970 model running EMUI 8.1. HiAssistant is Huawei’s alternative to Google Assistant.. AI 6 Mar 1
Samsung Acquires AI Startup Kngine to Enhance Bixby Samsung reports 10 million users of its Bixby voice assistant, but has received little praise from users or technology reviewers... AI 6 Mar 1