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Kane Simms
May 7, 2020

The Rundown: Talking elevators and clever Blenders

The Rundown: Talking elevators and clever Blenders https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/claire-mitchell-rundown-website-hero.jpg 1800 1200 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g May 7, 2020 June 12, 2020

Kane and Dustin are joined by guest co-host Claire Mitchell to run down the week’s top voice and conversational AI stories. AVAILABLE ON ALL PODCAST PLAYERS. Apple podcasts | Spotify…

Kane Simms
April 30, 2020

Two strategies to get your Alexa skill discovered

Two strategies to get your Alexa skill discovered https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_4622.jpg 1280 720 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g April 30, 2020 October 8, 2021

Alexa skill discoverability is a challenge that’s existed since the birth of the Echo as a skill developer or brand, how do you get people to use your Alexa skill?…

Kane Simms
April 30, 2020

Voice technology for kids with Dr. Patricia Scanlon

Voice technology for kids with Dr. Patricia Scanlon https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/soapbox-website-hero.jpg 1800 1200 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g April 30, 2020 June 12, 2020

Dustin and Kane are joined by Dr. Patricia Scanlon, CEO SoapBox Labs, to discuss why dedicated speech technology for kids is so important and the huge opportunity to do good things with…

Kane Simms
April 28, 2020

Why Alexa skill discoverability is hard | VUX World

Why Alexa skill discoverability is hard | VUX World https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-12.04.17.png 555 310 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g April 28, 2020 October 8, 2021

Why are Alexa skills and voice apps so hard to get discovered? Kane reveals his thoughts on the Voiceflow AMA (Ask Me Anything).

Kane Simms
April 16, 2020

Ethical conversation design with Microsoft’s Deborah Harrison

Ethical conversation design with Microsoft’s Deborah Harrison https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deborah-harrison-website-hero.jpg 1800 1200 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g April 16, 2020 June 12, 2020

What is ethical conversation design? Why is it important? And what can we do to design conversations more responsibly? Join Deborah Harrison, Cortana’s first writer, to find out.

Kane Simms
April 15, 2020

The most innovative use of voice technology so far?

The most innovative use of voice technology so far? https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_4456-scaled.jpg 2560 1440 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g April 15, 2020 October 8, 2021

What Descript did with Lyrebird AI might be the most innovative use of voice technology I’ve ever seen. Descript is a transcription service. A very good transcription service, but a…

Kane Simms
April 14, 2020

Apple and Google help fight coronavirus

Apple and Google help fight coronavirus https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-12.35.32.png 557 314 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g April 14, 2020 October 8, 2021

Looking at the Apple and Google partnership that could enable tracking of coronavirus cases and shares why you should think about voice early in projects.

Kane Simms
April 14, 2020

Voice search: how to measure your ‘share of voice’ with Andy Headington

Voice search: how to measure your ‘share of voice’ with Andy Headington https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/SHARE-OF-VOICE-website-hero.jpg 1800 1200 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g April 14, 2020 June 12, 2020

Andy Headington, CEO, Adido joins us to share how you can measure your voice search performance on Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.

Kane Simms
April 11, 2020

What exactly is ‘voice’? A definition

What exactly is ‘voice’? A definition https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-12.40.10.jpg 846 477 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g April 11, 2020 October 8, 2021

‘Voice’ is forecast to be the next technology platform for customer engagement and the next interface to the web and computing, but what actually is it? Transcript: What is voice?…

Kane Simms
April 10, 2020

Is 2020 the year of voice?

Is 2020 the year of voice? https://vux.world/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-13.51.06.png 658 385 Kane Simms Kane Simms https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26839585565b6484d0560f5e365378f0?s=96&d=blank&r=g April 10, 2020 October 8, 2021

Everyone’s asking whether 2020 will be the year of voice. Here’s our take on it.

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