Kane Simms

Kane Simms
February 10, 2020

How your voice assistant talks is more important than what it says with Ben McCulloch

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Ben McCulloch shares his take on why intonation and emotion is imperative in creating high quality and trust-building voice experiences. Listen on: Apple podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast…

Kane Simms
February 5, 2020

Alternative voice assistants to Alexa and Google Assistant

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I’m in Amsterdam today with JP and Jen who are over there looking rather nonchalant not joining me on the escalator, but in Amsterdam in Holland Google, Sorry, Alexa…

Kane Simms
February 5, 2020

Four Alexa Champions walk down memory lane with Nick Schwab, Eric Olsen, Tim Kahle and Steve Arkonovich

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We catch up with 4 Amazon Alexa Champions to discuss the then, now and future of the Alexa skills ecosystem and the voice first community.

Kane Simms
February 4, 2020

Voice search is real and Google is concerned

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Voice search is happening. And Google is under threat. Not short term threat but long term threat. There’s a new search provider in town and it’s name is Alexa.

Kane Simms
February 4, 2020

International VUX design best practice workshop

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If you’re looking to create voice applications for Alexa and Google Assistant, check out this run through of VUX design best practice from across the globe. These insights were…

Kane Simms
February 3, 2020

What is Twilio Autopilot?

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Twilio is a magical tool, and Autopilot is its NLU platform that voice devs and designers need to check out. In this episode we’re taking a look at what Autopilot…

Kane Simms
February 3, 2020

Persona design and voice actors with Adva Levin

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Adva Levin joins us to share why you should design personas for your voice apps, how you can create them, as well as how to work with voice acting talent.

Kane Simms
January 31, 2020

Amazon Alexa Super Bowl ad 2020

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Transcript: Amazon have released a preview of its Super Bowl advert and it was aired on The Ellen Degeneres Show. DeGeneres? I think it’s DeGeneres. Is that how you pronounce…

Kane Simms
January 30, 2020

When can we advertise on Alexa?

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“When will we see advertising on Alexa?” If you’re thinking this, you’re missing the point.

Kane Simms
January 29, 2020

Don’t sleep on Bixby

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Samsung has a twenty percent market share in smartphones. Obviously, we know that lots of people have Samsung smartphones.

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