
Voice Control Is Now Table Stakes For Consumer Electronics
In the mid-1970s, the U.S. Department of Defense and Carnegie Mellon together created the HARPY Speech Recognition System, the first voice recognition proof of concept capable of processing and understanding 1,000 words. Full Story: Forbes
Humans have been inventing new and better technology with each passing year to make work easier for them and optimize manual work. Full Story: Digital Information World
Chatbots are on the rise. This approach accounts for their risks
Developing an internal governance framework for “high-risk chatbots” would take a company considerable time and resources. Full Story: The European Sting
Alexa Custom Assistant Gets First Integration of Voice Commands Inside Vehicles
Auburn Hills-based Continental and Germany-based Elektrobit (EB) have announced the first in-vehicle integration of the Alexa Custom Assistant, allowing car makers to automate and brand artificial voice assistant vehicle units. Full Story: DBusiness Magazine
How voice AI is transforming the ecommerce space
Tech that allows online shoppers to interact with a voice assistant as naturally as they would with an in-store expert is closer to reality than you might think, a voice … Full Story: Campaign Asia
This Is Sonos’s Next Speaker (And Yes, It Hangs on Your Wall)
Sonos and Ikea are adding a new speaker to their existing Symfonisk (which means “symphony” in Swedish) line. Full Story: Gear Patrol
How to find your iPhone by speaking to the Google Assistant
Finding lost technology is a hot topic at the moment, not least with the launch of the Apple AirTag and rivals like the Chipolo One Spot. Full Story: Gearbrain
SiriusXM Partners With Cerence to Develop a Voice Assistant
SiriusXM is working with automotive voice tech developer Cerence to augment the streaming service voice AI in cars. Full Story: Voicebot.ai
Apple bringing Siri to third-party devices is an absolute game changer
But the biggest, and most important, change from Apple, was making Siri available on third-party devices. It’s a huge move that’s gone totally under the radar, it seems. Full Story: TechRadar
Siri Offline: 10 Tips to Use Siri without Internet
Siri may not be the best virtual assistant out there, but it is trying to play catch to Alexa and Google Assistant. Full Story: Beebom