Today I published an article on Voicebot.ai around some key takeaways from Spotify and Apple's earnings reports that pertain to all things Future Ear. "Apple and Spotify each reported earnings on Tuesday and there were a few key points in each company’s earnings report that pertain to the world of audio, voice, and hearables. In… Continue reading New Voicebot Post (Future Ear Daily Update 8-2-19)
Category: VoiceFirst
Empowering Our Aging Population with Voice Tech (Future Ear Daily Update 7-30-19)
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)
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)
Hearables Panel Recap (Future Ear Daily Update 7-26-19)
Yesterday, as I was leaving the Voice summit and boarding my plane back to St. Louis, I was thinking about what would be the best way for me to recap the hearables panel I participated on Thursday afternoon. When this panel was first organized by the Voice summit, it was slated to only consist of Andy… Continue reading Hearables Panel Recap (Future Ear Daily Update 7-26-19)
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)
“Voicebot First 100” Dave Joins the Voicebot Podcast for Episode 105 (Future Ear Daily Update 7-16-19)
A few weeks back, I was fortunate to be asked by the Voicebot podcast host, Bret Kinsella, to join him, Amy Stapleton and Pete Haas on the podcast to help review some of the most memorable interviews and moments that transpired on the Voicebot podcast across the first 100 episodes. The episode was recently published… Continue reading “Voicebot First 100” Dave Joins the Voicebot Podcast for Episode 105 (Future Ear Daily Update 7-16-19)
The Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit Gets an Upgrade (Future Ear Daily Update 7-1-19)
Leveling Up On Friday, Amazon announced that it was expanding the feature set of the Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit (AMAK) to allow for more Alexa capabilities and integration with headphones, earbuds, headsets and other Bluetooth devices. According to the Amazon's developer blog post, the goal here is to make it even easier for Bluetooth device… Continue reading The Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit Gets an Upgrade (Future Ear Daily Update 7-1-19)
Nearly Half of Adults 60+ Use their Smart Speaker Daily (Future Ear Daily Update 6-25-19)
Building the Daily Habit Voicebot released some data findings last week, and one stat that really caught my eye was that 46.6% of adults aged 60 and older use their smart speaker daily. It should be noted that this same cohort, adults aged 60+, only comprise 20% of the total smart speaker ownership base, but… Continue reading Nearly Half of Adults 60+ Use their Smart Speaker Daily (Future Ear Daily Update 6-25-19)
Future Ear Daily Update: 3-19-19
Houndify Continues to Expand Its Automotive Presence with Nvidia Partnership Nvidia announced a lot of really interesting developments at its GPU Technology Conference (GTC) yesterday. Nvidia manufacturers graphics processing units that were initially purposed for gaming, but have recently been re-purposed for all different types of AI applications. Nvidia unveiled that Amazon's AWS would be… Continue reading Future Ear Daily Update: 3-19-19