This Week In Voice

An all-star panel (Patrick Givens, Tobias Goebel, Brian Roemmele) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Wired's article discussing a recent hack to an Amazon Echo to convert it into a wiretap, Facebook's ongoing push into the voice-first space, Tobias Goebel's own recent article on using voice as a path to purchase, and the first magazine published into the Amazon Echo ecosystem. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

In an abbreviated episode, host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) discusses the week's news (Facebook creating an Echo Show competitor, Rolling Stone's piece on privacy in a world of smart speakers, Apple's short film with The Rock promoting Siri, and more) with Brian Roemmele (producer of ReadMultiplex.com), Ahmed Bouzid (CEO, Witlingo), and Adam Marchick (CEO and co-founder, VoiceLabs). News of VoiceFirst.FM's new sponsor, VoiceXP, is included at the end of the podcast, with full press release to follow next week.

An all-star panel (Karen Kaushansky, Ahmed Bouzid, Brian Roemmele) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Amazon's new Alexa Accelerator in partnership with Techstars, China being "slow" to embrace smart speakers, the launch of the HTC U11 with built-in Alexa, Inc magazine reporting that marketers are "scrambling" to catch up to AI and voice technology, Google Home launches in Australia with a masterfully-orchestrated release, voice-first technology expands horizontally with Bespoken's new "Silent Echo" tool and Opearlo's Sound Owl tool to publish 'shortcasts,' Chattanooga (and the state of Tennessee in general) goes all-in on voice technology by supporting The Alexa Conference, and Amazon moves to disrupt food marketplaces by marrying Alexa with food delivery service. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star panel (Lisa Falkson, Ahmed Bouzid, Brian Roemmele) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including Amazon contemplating offering voice transcripts to developers, the takeaways from Amazon's Prime Day, Google's launch of Gradient Ventures, Siri usage dropping as Alexa and Cortana usage increase, Samsung's fight with users over the 'Bixby button,' the launch of Amazon's version of Best Buy's Geek Squad, Motley Fool's report of Microsoft releasing a "me-too" smart speaker, and reports of state government in Mississippi and Utah releasing their own Alexa skills. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

An all-star panel (Ahmed Bouzid, Brian Roemmele, Mark Tucker) discuss the latest in voice technology news, including the Echo Show, Samsung's voice assistant Bixby, Google's massive EU fine, Google Home entering the UK, Alexa passing 15,000 skills available for enabling, and more. Hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.