This Week In Voice

An all-star panel (Joan Palmiter Bajorek of Women in Voice; UX/marketing consultant Sabrina Delale) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Amazon's play for attention, Google teaming up with Roku, Apple teaming up with Salesforce, and what goes into the creation of a virtual assistant persona. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing), sponsored by VoiceFirst Events (VoiceFirstEvents.com), and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star panel (Obaid Ahmed of Botmock; Duane Forrester of Yext) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Amazon's product blitzkrieg replete with Alexa-enabled microwave, subwoofer, and smart plug, SoundHound's latest partnership to get Houndify inside Mercedes' MBUX in-car ecosystem, Google's approach to voice-first home security, whether Apple's Siri Shortcuts app moves any sort of needle in the industry, and Lenovo's new multi-modal marketing message. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing), sponsored by VoiceFirst Events (VoiceFirstEvents.com), and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

This Week In Voice returns for Season 3 with special guests Cathy Pearl (Google) and Noelle LaCharite (Microsoft). Stories include whether Google Assistant being bilingual is as big a deal as it sounds, Amazon and Microsoft's partnership together growing, Google's push toward "digital wellbeing," and lots of folks cursing at a Walrus! This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

The Voice Summit took place in Newark, New Jersey, from July 24-26, and This Week In Voice was there! Featured guest Heidi Culbertson (CEO and founder, Ask Marvee) discusses the Summit with host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing). Additional guests include Mike Atkinson (Orderscape), Adva Levin (Pretzel Labs), Ilya Ozerets (ID R&D), Will Hall (RAIN Agency), and Ilana Shalowitz and Brian Bauman (Wolters Kluwer Health). This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

The Season Finale for Season 2 of This Week In Voice, which also serves as a preview to this fall's Digital Book World 2018 (Oct 2-4, Nashville TN) features legendary technology journalist Walt Mossberg, along with longtime corporate communications veteran Karen Wickre, discussing the latest in voice technology news, including whether the litany of Amazon Alexa-enabled devices has grown too complex, whether Google Assistant is truly on the rise, and the state of Apple, Siri, and the HomePod. Letter grades are assigned, by our celebrity panel, to the work each of these three companies has done thus far in the voice-first technology space, before moving to a discussion on the convergence of audiobooks, podcasts, and voice assistants/smart speakers that will very soon re-shape the publishing landscape. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

In a special preview edition of the upcoming 2019 Alexa Conference, Presented By VoiceFirst.FM (and sponsored by Amazon) (www.voicefirst.fm/alexaconference), Dave Kemp (Business Development Manager, Oaktree Products) and Kesha Williams (Software Engineering Manager, Chick-Fil-A) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including the current market share information for smart speakers within the United States, the Echo Show now being available to the public, Siri's next frontier, Sonos' new Beam soundbar, and conflicting views on whether Amazon's Echo Dot Kids is appropriate for children. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

In a special preview edition of the upcoming Voice of Healthcare Summit (www.VOHSummit.com), Laurie Orlov (Principal Analyst, Aging In Place Technology Watch) and Nate Treloar (President and COO, Orbita) discuss the latest in healthcare-oriented voice technology news, including a discussion of the state of AI within healthcare, the extent to which Amazon's Alexa is ready to support healthcare operations, Suki's $20 million voice assistant for doctors, and the role Google Duplex may play within modern healthcare delivery. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star panel (Florian Hollandt of Jovo; Adva Levin of Pretzel Labs; Ryan MacInnis of Voysis) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Google Home beating Amazon Echo in Q1 2018 shipment numbers, Amazon and Google battling for supremacy in India, Apple's rumored new smart speaker carrying the Beats brand, Samsung's push to have Bixby in all devices by 2020, and a hilarious and insightful exchange between a frustrated Scottish woman and her Alexa device. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star panel (Doug Schumacher, the creator of "Homie and Lexy," and Emma Furlong and Helen Yu, both of Clinc) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including the Yanny vs Laurel debate seizing social media, Moms increasingly owning smart speakers, Google Home beats Amazon Echo in two audio recognition performance tests, a discussion on whether Apple, Amazon, and Facebook the future of banking, and a piece from Opus Research's Dan Miller on Google Duplex. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

The all-star duo from Voicebot.AI (Editor Bret Kinsella and Associate Editor Ava Mutchler) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including the shockwaves created by Google I/O, including Google Duplex; the revelation that Alexa Skill engagement rose 75% in 2017, a discussion of Microsoft's integration of Cortana with Amazon's Alexa, and a British inventor who decided to convert Alexa into a dominatrix. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star duo (Pete Erickson of Modev / Voice Summit; Amy Stapleton of Tellables / VoiceFirstFiction.com) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Google's new investment program for companies developing for Google Assistant, new reporting on primary use cases for smart speakers, Apple's Siri caught in another gaffe, a Slate article about dating men who yell at Alexa, and the debut of a new type of Pac-Man on Amazon's Alexa platform. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star panel (Theo Lau, founder of Unconventional Ventures; Katie McMahon, VP and GM of SoundHound Inc., and renowned #VoiceFirst expert Brian Roemmele) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Amazon's release of a children's version of the Echo Dot, Harvard Business Review's examination of marketing in the age of Alexa, Google's bold new podcasting strategy, the battle heating up for voice technology in connected cars, and Facebook's delay of its smart speaker entrants into the marketplace. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star duo (Lauren Golembiewski of Voxable; Michael Fitzpatrick of PullString) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Adobe's acquisition of #VoiceFirst startup Sayspring, Apple's HomePod predicted to only sell two million units, Amazon's release of the Intent Request API, Google's advances in AI in advertising and publishing, and the BBC's piece on "I Tried To Make Alexa My Best Friend." This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star panel (Ilana Shalowitz and Joseph Dangelmaier, both of Emmi Solutions / Wolters Kluwer Health, and Nick Brown of Effct) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Apple's flashy new hire of Google's former AI executive, Alexa showing up everywhere, Google and Target teaming up for a voice-first ad campaign, and a report that voice technology is bolstered by family activities and routines. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star duo (Luciana Morais and Brielle Nickoloff, both of DC-based Witlingo) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Facebook's delayed smart display, 5 ways to improve Alexa Routines, Bank of America's new bot "Erica," and a candid discussion regarding #VoiceCon, Gary Vaynerchuk's $1,000, one-day conference. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

The team from St. Louis-based voice experience developer VoiceXP (Bob Stolzberg, Bonnie Snyder, and Mark Tucker) join This Week In Voice to discuss the latest in voice technology news, including the positioning of IBM Watson as a secure and private alternative to Alexa, Google Assistant's new retail/commerce actions, Apple executives sniping at each other on Twitter, and whether Alexa and other voice assistants get in the way of our relationships to each other as well as our religious beliefs. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network. And stay tuned, once the music rolls at the end of the episode, for the newest episode of comedy special Homie & Lexy!

The co-founders of Aiqudo (www.aiqudo.com) join This Week In Voice to discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Alexa's "follow-up mode," Google Assistant's "multi-step routines," being able to use both voice assistants on tablets, how soon we'll see consumers using Alexa for person-to-person banking, and "Siri for slopes," a bot developed for Vail, Colorado. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star duo (Cheryl Platz, Principal Engineer at Microsoft and Mark Webster, CEO and founder of Sayspring) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Amazon Alexa randomly laughing out loud, Google's new tagline for Google Assistant ("Make Google Do It"), a new Voicebot report that 1 in 5 US adults owns a smart speaker, Cortana continuing to make strides quietly, and Blake Shelton rolls out Alexa alarms featuring his voice. This episode also features a special cameo by Benicio, the 4th grader who wrote last week's review (for The Verge) on the Amazon Echo Dot and Google Home Mini. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star duo (Dan Miller, founder and lead analyst of Opus Research, and Amy Stapleton, founder and CEO of Tellables) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Amazon's massive acquisition of Ring, Google's announcement of carrier and OEM programs related to Google Assistant, the explosion of voice-assistant-driven commerce, the expansion of Amazon's developer payment program, a review of the Echo Dot and Google Home Mini by a 4th grader, and Amazon's sponsorship of The Alexa Conference Presented By VoiceFirst.FM next January. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star duo (Dave Kemp, Business Development Manager for Oaktree Products, and Sarah Storm, Head of Cloud Studio for SpokenLayer) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including the New York Times piece about how we're living in Alexa's world, a potential smart speaker from Spotify, the next generation of voice-first marketers, satire about a man marrying Alexa, and the announcement of The Voice of Healthcare Summit, taking place Tuesday, August 7, in Boston, Massachusetts (www.VOHSummit.com). Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.