Yesterday's update was based around Cathy Pearl's fantastic talk from the Voice summit around democratizing voice technology and using it to empower disabled individuals that can benefit from this technology. Today, I wanted to highlight another cohort that stands to gain from voice tech and that's our aging population. Prior to Cathy's talk, I attended… Continue reading Empowering Our Aging Population with Voice Tech (Future Ear Daily Update 7-30-19)
Category: Conferences
Empowering Our Disabled Population With Voice Tech (Future Ear Daily Update 7-29-19)
One of the best sessions that I attended at the Voice summit last week, was Cathy Pearl's Democratization of Voice. The reason this talk resonated with me is that it really highlighted one of the strongest themes at this year's conference and that is that one of the biggest cohorts to benefit from voice technology,… Continue reading Empowering Our Disabled Population With Voice Tech (Future Ear Daily Update 7-29-19)
Voice Summit Day One Recap (Future Ear Daily Update 7-24-19)
Although the Voice Summit technically started on Monday, that day was considered "Day 0" and Tuesday marked Day One of the summit. The thing that makes this summit so impressive and valuable is that it's packed full of speakers from start to finish. It led off with three back-to-back keynotes from three of the most… Continue reading Voice Summit Day One Recap (Future Ear Daily Update 7-24-19)
Hearables On-The-Go (Future Ear Daily Update 7-18-19)
One week from now, at the VOICE Summit, I will be joining an all-star group of hearables experts on a panel titled, "How On-the-Go Hearables Expand Opportunities with Voice," which will be moderated by Claire Mitchell, of VaynerMedia. After spending some time getting to know the fellow panelists, I can safely say that this is… Continue reading Hearables On-The-Go (Future Ear Daily Update 7-18-19)
The Alexa Conference 2019: From Phase One to Phase Two
A Meeting of the Minds Last week, I made my annual trek to Chatanooga, Tennessee to gather with a wide variety of Voice technology enthusiasts at the Alexa Conference. Along with the seismic growth of smart speakers and voice assistant adoption, the attendees grew quite dramatically too, as we went from roughly 200 people last… Continue reading The Alexa Conference 2019: From Phase One to Phase Two
The State of Smart Assistants + Healthcare
Last week, I was fortunate to travel to Boston to attend the Voice of Healthcare Summit at Harvard Medical School. My motivation for attending this conference was to better understand how smart assistants are currently being implemented into the various segments of our healthcare system and to learn what's on the horizon in… Continue reading The State of Smart Assistants + Healthcare
The Alexa Conference Blew my Mind
Last Thursday, I was fortunate for the opportunity to travel to Chattanooga, TN to attend the second annual Alexa Conference and join a group of some of the smartest people working on Voice technology. The cool thing about the Alexa Conference is that it's not sponsored by Amazon (or Google or any other major tech… Continue reading The Alexa Conference Blew my Mind