Voicefirst Weekly Flashbriefing

Google Shortwave app for spoken-word content is being developed by the company and the GOV.UK website release voice apps features as part of their digital strategy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Amazon is extending their fellowship program to 18 universities See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Branding in voice is going to be the biggest challenge for voice since the internet. The key will be to bring branding in a way that is seamless to the user experience. Why is a challenge and tips to be present in the platforms. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Scott Huffman, Google Assistant VP of Engineering, wrote an article outlining the 5 insights of voice technology they have gathered since launching Google Assistant 2 years ago.Here they are, for you today, commented by me, your companion in the discovery of the rise of voice and conversational interfaces. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Two relevant news for this week devices market See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As more devices and smart assistants are being added, it got me thinking, the voice is space is diversifying really quickly, my thoughts on what does it mean, and how this makes voice so different than mobile and websites eras. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Is Facebook launching a smart device? Or is it only voice capabilities in Messenger and Instagram? This is the big news of the day and certainly of the week and we are here for it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy Monday! Following Forbes article 12 exciting ways to use Alexa on the workplace I decided to build from that and talk about 5 (because we are have short episodes) applications of voice technologies in the workplace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The state of voice in the insurance industry See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Announcing our new Job Board along with educational resources to help you hire for your voice applications the different backgrounds you'll need from designers to creatives to engineers. And for those looking to enter the field from different industries. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If we are talking multi modalities and multi devices, which are they and how they come together? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A comparison of text to speech services. Features and prices down to suggestions of the best. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

During the past months availability of either Google Assistant and Alexa to different languages and regions has been constant news. The race to win in every language has never been greater. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

VentureBeat published a few weeks back an article by Martin Reddi from PullString about what’s next on conversational AI. I have had the article open on my tabs since then and I wanted to share it here and comment on it. And that day has arrived! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

3 news and one announcement from our team to start your week in voice. Don't miss it to stay on top on the most relevant in the space right now. There's nothing like this for your ears every day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Maybe you don’t need an app to be in voice platforms, you can just repurpose your content for smart assistants platforms. This is one of the things VoiceFirst Labs does for companies, repurpose their existing content for smart speaker platforms to reach millions of users. But what are the ways to do it and how can it be done? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This one is for devs of Google Actions. What are built in intents, how can you use them, why do they matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Two major trends in current investment that caught my attention and are outlines in this episode. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If you still haven’t optimized your website for voice search, you’re losing a fair share of the online marketing potential.If that doesn’t convince you, just take a look at these voice search statistics:325 million people are searching through the internet using voice search20% of Google searches are done through voice search with 95% accuracy of answers4 million Amazon Echo devices are sold during one holiday season See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Audio branding is not new, it comes since the Golden Age of Radio, but it were never a time where it was more important to know how you brand sounds like in today’s times. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.