This Week In Voice

This Week In Voice returns for Season 4, kicking off with featured guest Bret Kinsella (Editor and Publisher, Voicebot.AI) as the guest for the Season Premiere. The discussion focuses on a number of news stories, many of them negative in nature, that surfaced over a busy summer within the realm of voice tech and AI. What will the critical next evolution for voice be, between now and the end of 2019? Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) kicks off a new season of the #1-rated podcast. This Week In Voice, Season 4, is sponsored by Microsoft. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews Samsung Bixby Developer Evangelist Roger Kibbe about the breaking news of Samsung's Bixby Developer Program. Covering a wide variety of topics ranging from monetization of voice experiences to key differences between Amazon, Google, and Samsung platforms, this interview gives listeners important information about Samsung's Bixby Developer Program and upcoming workshops taking place on both the West and East Coasts. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network. Get started with Bixby - www.bixbydevelopers.com Bixby on Github - github.com/bixbydevelopers Bixby Developer Sessions Signup - bixby.events (http://bixby.events) Bixby Premier Partners - bixby.partners (http://bixby.partners)

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews special guest Mark Cuban on a wide range of topics related to voice and AI. From healthcare to automotive to hospitality, Cuban gives insight on a number of compelling voice use cases, and also explains how he advises his portfolio companies to integrate voice in their operations and marketing. This episode of This Week In Voice is sponsored by Microsoft - check out Microsoft AI if you're developing voice applications for either Alexa or Google Assistant. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network, enjoyed across 56 countries by hundreds of thousands of listeners.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) looks ahead to next week's Voice of the Car Summit (www.VoiceOfTheCar.com), taking place Tuesday, April 9, in downtown San Francisco's NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Host Bradley Metrock discusses the voice-first news of the week with guests Greg Hedges (RAIN Agency) and Ian Utile (co-founder, VoiceFirst.TV). Stories include a discussion of the current state of Alexa vs. Google Assistant, Apple's services event earlier in the week, Google Assistant in the operating room, and the importance of sonic branding to an overall voice strategy. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the 2019 London Book Fair, host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews three publishing veterans (Bee Kapitan of Interactive Bee Media, Trevor Young and Eleanor Long of Tapocketa) on their thoughts on voice-first technology and the emergence of voice within publishing. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Host Bradley Metrock discusses the #VoiceFirst news of the week with special guests Rachel Batish (VP Product, Audioburst) and Mark Webster (Director of Product, UX/UI, Adobe). Stories include the Alexa Accelerator's just-announced third cohort, Google's Nest mic problem, Cedars-Sinai's new Alexa pilot, smart speakers are apparently better than "mediocre," and a new Australian smart speaker for children called Birde. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) discusses the top voice-first technology news stories of the week, with special guest Elizabeth Robins (Best Innovation Group). Stories include Google's secret microphone found in Nest devices, Apple acquires PullString, can smart speakers and voice assistants be hacked, and the launch of the VoiceFirst.Community industry trade association. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Host Bradley Metrock discusses the #VoiceFirst news of the week with guests Katherine Prescott (Founder, Voicebrew) and James Vlahos (Author, Talk To Me), including Spotify's amazing week, listening to Choose Your Own Adventure books with Alexa, smart speakers being tested at Disney resorts, and Prescott's own article for Business Insider. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) discusses the #VoiceFirst news of the week with Emily Binder (Voice Marketing Strategist, Beetle Moment Marketing) and Jason Fields (Chief Strategy Officer, Voicify). Stories include Amazon's humorous Super Bowl ad, Siri Shortcuts can be used to steal and send personal data, Walmart backs out of Google Express and Google Shopping Actions, the BBC asks are smart speakers good for kids, and we ponder a 'post-gender' world with the final story. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

On the heels of The 2019 Alexa Conference, host Bradley Metrock discusses the #VoiceFirst news of the week with guests Brielle Nickoloff (Witlingo) and Lucas Wonderley (SAP). Stories include KFC opening up voice-first ordering in India, Sherpa.AI raising $8.5M, and Alexa saying something truly offensive perhaps for the first time ever. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) turns on the mic, right before the holidays, to thank listeners for sharing such a great year for voice-first technology with us. We preview The Alexa Conference (coming up in January) and reflect on the top 3 stories of the year. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Rebecca Evanhoe (VUI designer), Doug Robinson (CEO, Fresh Digital Group), and Wilson Standish (Director of Voice, Gimlet Media) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including Apple Music coming to Amazon Echo devices, Google Maps optimized for use with Google Assistant, Amazon doubles audio clip size available to developers, and experts warn AI could hardwire sexism into our future. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

Ben Fox Rubin (Senior Reporter, CNET) joins host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including the current shortcomings of voice commerce, Amazon's massive sales of Alexa-enabled devices over Black Friday weekend, Cornell University's study of how smart speakers are creating passive listeners, and how one man in Japan decided to marry a hologram. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

With a last-minute need to reschedule our previously-scheduled guests, we invited friend of the show Brian Roemmele - the person who coined the term "voice-first" - to join us. Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) discussed with Brian the top stories in voice-first technology, in his mind, as we head toward the end of the year. The result is a wide-ranging hour-long conversation touching on a number of very relevant issues in the young space, and a look ahead to issues that will shape voice technology well into 2019. This Week In Voice is brought to you by Castlingo, which allows anyone to create an Alexa skill without knowing any code by using Witlingo's mobile app to upload audio - super easy for anyone from podcasters to publishers to politicians and anyone else! This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Pete Erickson (CEO, Modev) and Bret Kinsella (Editor and Publisher, Voicebot.AI) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including Alexa's 4th birthday, Google partnering with Disney and Sephora, Samsung going "all in" on Bixby, and a report that young people favor female voices with voice assistants. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

Anne Weiler (CEO and co-founder of Wellpepper) and Matt Cybulsky (Principal, IONIA) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including the announcement of APL (Alexa Presentation Language), Alexa adding election information for voters leading up to midterm elections, Google partnering with Spotify, and voice-first healthcare delivered by Suki and Cuida Health. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

Mari Lescaille (VoiceFirst Weekly) along with Kane Simms and Dustin Coates (VUX World) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including whether Alexa should "be afraid" of Google, Amazon's partnership with Qualcomm to produce Alexa-enabled headphones, Samsung's latest features for Bixby rolling out at an upcoming developer conference, and reports from Carnegie Mellon on sound and vibration supporting "context-aware" computing. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

Stuart Crane (CEO and founder of Voice Metrics) and Ben Fisher (CEO and founder of Magic + Company) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the voice technology news of the week, including children growing up knowing Alexa, Amazon patenting technology for Alexa to know if you're sick, Google fighting for voice commerce market share and the overall state of voice-first purchasing, and whether we need a voice-first "smart couch" or not. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.

An all-star panel (Brian Garr, Daniel Gonzalez) join host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) to discuss the growing competition for multi-modal supremacy, 61% of Alexa skills have no ratings, Google Duplex on the new Pixel phone, the newest cohort of Alexa Accelerator companies, and over a million people proposed to Alexa last year! This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM global podcast network.