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Why Alexa doesn’t understand your accent

Why Alexa doesn’t understand your accent 1576 1182 Kane Simms

In a study by Uswitch, it was found that Irish, Welsh and Scottish accents are the hardest for voice assistants like Alexa to understand. Here’s why Alexa doesn’t understand your accent.

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What is automatic speech recognition and how does it work? With Catherine Breslin

What is automatic speech recognition and how does it work? With Catherine Breslin 1400 933 Kane Simms

Dive deep into one of the core technologies that underpins the voice assistants you know and love, with one of the world’s leading speech recognition experts, Catherine Breslin. AVAILABLE ON…

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Alternative voice assistants to Alexa and Google Assistant

Alternative voice assistants to Alexa and Google Assistant 1800 1200 Kane Simms

 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…

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VUX design 2.0

VUX design 2.0 1800 1200 Kane Simms

Voice assistants should change how they interact with users based on how you interact with them and the context you’re in. For example: 🎧 If I’m walking with my headphones…

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Not so bold predictions for voice in 2020

Not so bold predictions for voice in 2020 1800 1200 Kane Simms

So, here we are. The end of 2019. And it’s time for some click bait regarding 2020 voice-first industry predictions. I told you to prepare for this a few weeks…

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What’s the difference between a voice assistant and a voice user interface (VUI)?

What’s the difference between a voice assistant and a voice user interface (VUI)? 1800 1200 Kane Simms

Voice assistants and voice user interfaces (VUIs) are used interchangeably under the banner of ‘voice’. But what’s the difference between the two? Voice assistants have a voice interface, but voice…

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Talk to me with James Vlahos

Talk to me with James Vlahos 1800 1200 Kane Simms

This week, Dustin and I are joined by journalist and author, James Vlahos, to discuss the details of his book Talk to Me: How voice computing will transform the way we…

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Voice first user research with Konstantin Samoylov and Adam Banks

Voice first user research with Konstantin Samoylov and Adam Banks 1800 1200 Kane Simms

 We’re talking to ex-Googlers, Konstantin Samoylov and Adam Banks, about their findings from conducting research on voice assistants at Google and their approach to building world-leading UX labs. This…

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