The Voicecast | BNR

Newsitems in this show iOS 14 Siri redesign AirPod Pro Spatial Audio Google Voice Match for... birds 5 Levels of Conversational AI: 2020 Update Guest Sarah van der Land, Senior Digital innovation Advisor at NPO Voice app review Check out the Dutch demo for BNN Vara at this webpage About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the news, we tackle good insights on the Chinese market from Lawerence Lin as well as the 1B investment in voice by Alibaba. We also talk about the voice authentication efforts from Google. Will you trust that for purchases? It is such a convenience. News and other items in this show 1) Google is working on voice confirmation for purchases with Assistant 2) Alibaba to invest $1B on AI integration with smart speakers 3) Smart Speaker Goes Local in China Guest Bart Bellefroid, product manager Sites, Search en Bots at Rabobank Voice app review Hey, Google. Talk to Rabobank (ik works in english AND Dutch) About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is a good example of a complete execution from strategy, to the concept, to production and marketing. And they managed to take advantage of smart positioning within the standard voice categories. Find out how. To top it off Michiel Muller was runner up in the Marketing Talent of the year awards last week. News and other items in this show 1) Websites read out loud by Google Assistant 2) Mozilla's Project Voice adds Frisian 3) Corona-19 effects, voice apps, and events Guest Michiel Muller, Digital coördinator bij Donald Duck. Sanoma. Voice app review Hey, Google. Praat met *de* Donald Duck About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts Maarten Lens-FitzGerald (www.lens-fitzgerald.com) and Sam Warnaars (Merkle)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss the news that Facebook will pay you the record your voice and will UK Voice users lose their GDPR protection? Plus: what about the Chinese marketing campaign for baby milk which gave away 10.000 dedicated smart speakers preprogrammed with 1200 baby-related questions? The new marketing campaign tool? News and other items in this show 1) Why milk formula brand JinLingGuan made an AI baby expert smart speaker 2) Facebook will now pay you for your voice recordings 3) Exclusive: Google users in UK to lose EU data protection Guest Piet van Dosselaar, Product Owner CBS Voice Assistent at Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek Voice app review Hey, Google. Praat met het CBS About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars (Merkle)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The news we discuss is a combination of Project Zilver research results, entertaining Super Bowl commercials with Voice in them, and lastly we discuss the new Meena chatbot. IS it really something to look out for or is it PR? News and other items in this show Media and adoption: The Voice super bowl ads Amazon Reactions Google Budweiser Ca Original Budweiser commercial News: Meena, the next generation of Bots What twitter says What the completion says Project Zilver report Open Voice: The Enterprise Edition Guest Lieneke Grollé, innovation lead at KRO/NCRV Voice app review 'Hey Google, praat met de slimste mens' About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars (Merkle). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For one week, Chattanooga Tennessee was the hotspot for people in Voice. Its not often you have a meetup of 3000 voice enthusiasts, with all the key players attending. We were there and well walk through the different days and will share memorable moments, interesting tid-bits and a selection of insights we gained throughout the week. Here is a list of the things we mentioned: - Speech Markdown by Mark Tucker (and SSML.guru) - Nick Schwab, Alexa Champion - Tom Hewiston of Labworks - Dave Kemp and Andy Bellavia - Junk Skills and Squatting - Cathy Pearl (Google) videos in a list - MD Teri Fishers Voice Marketing Funnel using Alexa Flash Briefings - Maarten Lens-FitzGerald on Project Zilver - Bret Kinsellas global map of assistants - Brian Roemmele - Adam Cheyer interview in Voicebot podcast - General Magic documentary - Jeff Adams, part of the original Alexa Team About the voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars (Merkle).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As this is the prediction show we kick with our favorite prediction picked from the Voicebot 2020 prediction list. News and other items in this show 46 predictions from Voice pro's From Apple to OSRAM; From Displays to Devices: a Pre-CES Year-End Review of Smart Glasses. Timing Uitzendteam start als eerste met Google Assistent Explanation page with video Guest Rik Verbrugge, Innovation Manager Timing Voice app review "Hey Google, praat met Timing Uitzendteam" About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars (Merkle).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We discuss wifi calling, voice ads and what is next after skills and actions. Don't miss the Voice app in review and how wrong it can go. News items in this show - 220 million smart speakers will be used to make calls to landlines or mobile phone numbers by 2024 - The Next Model for Voice: How Platforms And Builders Can Work Together - Pandora launches interactive voice ads Guest Nina Zonneveld, Business Development Manager, ReadSpeaker Voice app review Ok, Google start translate mode About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars (Merkle).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talpa is one of those companies who truly believes in Voice and has spent the past year doing a lot of research. Jeroen talks the about the importance of voice for a media company and shares some stats along the way. News items in this show - Einstein Voice announcements at Salesforce Dreamforce - Sonos acquires EU Voice Startup Snips - PEW Research: Concern, confusion and lack of Control Guest Jeroen de Bakker, Director Product & Growth Talpa Network at/of Talpa Network Voice app review Ok Google, talk to Disney About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars (Merkle). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsitems in this show - Almost no one is buying Google smart speakers anymore - Microsoft Cortana Pivot Highlights Evolving Role of Voice-Based Computing - Hey Siri, Add to Walmart: Introducing a New Shortcut for Online Grocery - Also mentioned Guest Vera Rensink, Business developer Bol.com Voice app review Hey google praat met bol.com About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Hosts Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars. (Merkle).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsitems in this show Cap Gemini Voice Report Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion Guest Roderik de Maar, Marketing & Communication Manager at Nespresso Netherlands. Voice app review Ok Google, talk to Nespresso About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Hosts Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a year we also reflect: what do you think: what is good, what should change? Let us know: @dutchcowboy and @warnaars on Twitter or in the comments. In the show Maarten and Sam dont hold back looking at themselves and the show. News items in this show The Secret Forces Shaping the Voice Assistant Landscape The Secret Forces Shaping the Voice Assistant Landscape 2 (paid) The Secret Forces Shaping the Voice Assistant Landscape 3 Google and Ambient Computing Smart Spies: Alexa and Google Home expose users to vishing and eavesdropping Guests Sam Warnaars, new Space Race podcast, The SXSW Panel Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, Voice Book About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars (Merkle).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest this episode is Antonio van der Weel, Product Manager and responsible for Creassist, a new multimodal Google Assistant prototyping tool for designers. To finish we discuss the Ikea blinds and lights voice experience (which is not what you expect when installed by the two - supposedly - experts...) Newsitems in this show Over 20 percent of UK Households Have Smart Speakers while Germany Passes 10% and Ireland Approaches That Milestone Moving away from just integrating with general purpose assistants, towards building owned, specialized assistants. #AAV19 Siri, Viv Labs Co-Founder Leaves Samsung Guest Antonio van der Weel, Product Manager and responsible of Creassist Medium: https://medium.com/@antoniovdw Voice app review Voice controlled Ikea window blinds Action video About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald and Sam Warnaars (Merkle). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest this episode is James Poulter, founder and CEO of Vixen labs, program director for Voice Summit and founder for UK voice community Voice2. Newsitems in this show Alibaba's Tmall genie works with Starbucks to launch custom speaker Alexa launches Show and Tell Alexa will answer questions about the elections and take donations Guest James Poulter, CEO at Vixen Labs Voice app review Alexa, open Workshop Coffee About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald (Nodes Agency) and Sam Warnaars (Merkle).See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some of the suggested readings we discuss throughout the show: - Book: Invisible WomenExposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Apple U1 chip: what wasn't announced News items in this show * Apple: More of the same, or a glimpse of what is yet to come? * Snips partners with chip manufacturer NXP * Voice fraud case: Criminals use synthetic Voice to steal $243.000 Guest Marion Mulder, Ambassador at Women in Voice Nederland About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald from Nodes Agency and Sam Warnaars from Merkle See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

News items in this show "BBC to launch digital voice assistant" Baidu replaces Google to become number two in smart speaker market in Q2 2019 "Fitbit has a new Versa 2 smartwatch with Alexa" "Amazon Alexa + Pebble Core: Now We're Talking" "Voice Recognition Elevator in Scotland" Guest Leona van der Linden Get the HUMAN VUI canvas, card deck as well as Leona's thesis describing the canvas and setup in detail at http://www.leonavanderlinden.com About The Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, Nodes Agency and Sam Warnaars, Merkle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

News items in this show Which speaker is better? Voice for the verbal impaired Alexa talks slower or quicker Youtube: Siri in 2010 Amazon Skill Advertising Guests Rozalinde Kriens Erika Overduin-Wilting Doritos: Voice Application Reviewed About The Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, Nodes Agency and Sam Warnaars, Merkle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsitems in this show Voice Summit Voice Branding Workshop Bret Kinsella Voice Strategy Framwork Guests Silvia Onos and Karin Wekema About The Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, Nodes Agency and Sam Warnaars, Merkle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newsitems in this show eMarketeer: Smart Speaker Shopping gains traction Voicebot.ai: Voice Search paper Amazon Alexa teams with NHS to offer basic medical advice In Dutch - Google-medewerkers luisteren mee naar uw gesprekken, ook in uw huiskamer Who's listening when you talk to Google Assistant Google Assistant flase positives Guest Jolien van de Griendt, Journalist and entrepreneur at Smart Voice Stories Voice app review Alexa, open The Wayne Investigation About The Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald, Nodes Agency and Sam Warnaars, Merkle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk about the rise of the ever cheaper smart screens, improved quality in assistant voices and the latest insights in smart assistant adoption from the US. Also, our guests talk about how Schiphol airport started with their voice experiment. Newsitems in this show The Smart Audio Report Spring 2019 Smart speakers are getting cheaper and cheaper New IBM Watson voices now available in 13+1 languages Guests Rosanne van der Stam, Value Stream Owner Customer Experience at Royal Schiphol Group Peter Sparreboom, Content Architect at Royal Schiphol Group Voice app review Ok Google, talk to Schiphol. About the Voicecast The Voicecast explores the evolving world of voice interfaces. Its the easiest way to stay current with the developments and hear experiences from the most important players in the market. Your hosts: Maarten Lens-FitzGerald (NodesAgency) and Sam Warnaars (Merkle). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.