Inside VOICE

Paige Harkness is in charge of Partnerships & Integrations at Alkira Software in Australia. Paige talks about the voice landscape in Australia, how Alkira got started and how the voice company is helping the community come together through voice. Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!

Kyle Halstvedt is a Technical Program Manager and Scott Halstvedt is a Software Engineer at SoundHound. Not only do these two work together but they're brothers. They talk about some of the common elements car manufacturers need to consider when designing for voice interfaces in the car, why car manufacturers are choosing to go with a custom solution versus adding Alexa or Google into their vehicles, what kinds of things drivers and passengers should expect to be able to do in their cars hands-free today and in the future, how auto makers can choose the right voice AI platform to help them build and more. Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!

Katherine Prescott went to Harvard and worked in the Hedge Fund world for a long time. She talks about her journey into voice, why she chose to focus on Amazon Alexa, how she's building a community of consumers wanting to learn more about voice, what trends and questions she's getting from her community about voice, why she's also a lover of smart homes and some of her favorite Alexa skills right now. Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!

Caitlyn Brooksby is the Executive Director of PR and Communications at Canary Speech. She talks about why Canary Speech was named one of the most promising NLP Startups of 2019, why they believe patents are important in voice, how her clients have seen results in using their company, why she feels sponsorship is important for brands and why she chose to sponsor VOICE Summit and the success it's brought her company because of it. Want to learn more about sponsoring opportunities at VOICE? Learn more here.  Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!

Derrick Johnson is the CEO of Encounter AI, a voice technology for the restaurant industry. He talks about his journey into voice and why he chose to focus on the restaurant industry, why he chose to have his startup be venture backed, why he feels it's important to niche in the voice industry, what his customers are saying about his AI and why he's part of /dev/color as well. Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!

Maria Spyropoulou is a Speech Systems Analyst at Eckoh and has studied language and linguistics for a long time. She suggests that an IVR system is just like any other speech-enabled application and that they have a great advantage over Alexa Skills/ Google Actions. She shares with us the lessons she's learned the hard way from designing IVR systems and how it can help VUI. Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!

Chithra Durgam has been a dentist for over 15 years, but she's also been using social media to build her practice. She talks about how she's used TikTok, how she appeared in Gary Vaynerchuck's book, how she cofounded the voice skill DentalFlashGo and what it will do for the dental community, how being in voice has changed her business and her views on how the healthcare community can use voice more in the future. Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!

Nir Eyal is the author of two bestselling books, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. He founded two tech companies, is an active investor in companies such as Eventbrite, Anchor, Kahoot and more and his writing has been featured in The Harvard Business Review, Time Magazine, and Psychology Today. You'll hear where his interest in psychology started from, how to get people hooked on your product in an ethical way, what he thinks voice technology needs in order to get more people hooked to skills, why we tend to get distracted during our day and how to cultivate a life where we get more done and feel less guilt. Learn more about what Nir spoke about in this episode at the links below: The schedule maker tool he mentioned is here. Summary article here.  Distraction guide here. Habits vs routines article here. Indistractable Model graphic here. Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!

Colleen Fahey is the US Managing Director at Sixième Son and has had a passion for audio branding for a long time. She talks about what she noticed was happening in Europe with audio branding and why they adopted audio branding first, how an audio brand can be used, how to bring a visual brand to life via audio and how her company has helped large brands such as Huggies and Michelin. Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!

Alison Greenberg is the CEO at aflow and started her journey as many have in this space in the creative field. She talks about why she believes most voice conversations are linear and why her company has created a circular conversational design that differentiates itself in the industry, why gender bias is something the voice community needs to be conscious of and how the voice community can represent women in a more fair and equal way. Join us for Voice Talks Presented by Google Assistant!  Register for this free event here. Will you be joining us for our virtual event, VOICE Global on June 9th?  Learn more and sign up here. Want the chance to speak at VOICE 2020?  Call for proposals is open until June 12, 2020.  Get them in here!