Hello and welcome back to Future Ear and the launch of Season Two of the Future Ear Radio podcast! When I started Future Ear in 2017, my goal was to, "connect the trends converging around the ear." Since then, I've been fortunate to meet many of the top experts working in many of the industries… Continue reading 056 – Ron Jaworski – Making the Internet More Audible
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050 – Bret Kinsella – The State of Voice Tech & What Comes Next
Today marks the 50th episode of the podcast, so I want to lead off by saying THANK YOU to all the folks who have tuned in along the way and supported the podcast and blog in one way or another. All the feedback and support I receive serves as motivation to keep chugging along. I… Continue reading 050 – Bret Kinsella – The State of Voice Tech & What Comes Next
046 – Irina Fine & Ian Freed – Bamboo Learning: Building an EdTech Business on Voice Assistant Platforms
The next episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features two of the co-founders of Bamboo Learning, Irina Fine and Ian Freed. Bamboo Learning is comprised of a set of custom voice skills and actions (apps) built for Alexa and Google Assistant that are designed to educate children on a variety of subjects. I've had… Continue reading 046 – Irina Fine & Ian Freed – Bamboo Learning: Building an EdTech Business on Voice Assistant Platforms
039 – Mark Tucker – Top 5 Takeaways from Alexa Live 2020
This week's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features Mark Tucker, Alexa Champion and Senior Architect, Voice Technology at Soar.com. Last week, Amazon held its virtual event, Alexa Live, to share a variety of new updates coming to the Alexa platform with developers, business leaders and device makers. I was rather busy on the… Continue reading 039 – Mark Tucker – Top 5 Takeaways from Alexa Live 2020
037 – Carl Thomas & Andy Bellavia – “Hearables Aren’t the Thing… They’re What Give You Access to THE Thing”
Today's episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features hearables experts and returning guests, Andy Bellavia (episodes 3, 4, 28, 32, 35) and Carl Thomas (episode 16). Our discussion today builds on top of the conversation that Carl and I had in episode 16, Hearables as a Platform. During episode 16, Carl and I explored… Continue reading 037 – Carl Thomas & Andy Bellavia – “Hearables Aren’t the Thing… They’re What Give You Access to THE Thing”
030 – Jeff Adams – Building Alexa and What Comes Next
Today's episode of the Future Ear Podcast features Jeff Adams, founder and CEO of Cobalt Speech & Language. Jeff's been a speech technologist for 25+ years, spending time at Nuance, Yap, and Amazon. At Amazon, Jeff founded the Alexa Speech Group and led the team of speech and language scientists that built the automatic speech… Continue reading 030 – Jeff Adams – Building Alexa and What Comes Next
026 – Ian Freed – 5 Reasons Why Bamboo Learning Fascinates Me
Hello and welcome back to Future Ear. The last time I sat down to mix an episode and write one of these posts was back at the beginning of March, right as it was becoming apparent that our world was on the brink of dramatic change due to COVID-19. Since that time, I paused the… Continue reading 026 – Ian Freed – 5 Reasons Why Bamboo Learning Fascinates Me
025 – Keri Roberts – Takeaways from 100+ Voice Technology Podcast Interviews
The next episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features Keri Roberts, Brand and Content Strategist and Host of the Inside VOICE podcast. To commemorate my 25th episode, I thought it would be cool to bring someone on the podcast who's gone well beyond 25 episodes, and into triple digits. Keri joined on with Pete… Continue reading 025 – Keri Roberts – Takeaways from 100+ Voice Technology Podcast Interviews
018 – The Emergence of Hearables Panel with Andy Bellavia
The next episode of the Future Ear Podcast is a recording of the panel that Andy Bellavia and I participated on during Project Voice. The panel was moderated by the host of the event, Bradley Metrock, and was held on January 14th. During the panel, we touched on a wide variety of hearables-specific topics, largely… Continue reading 018 – The Emergence of Hearables Panel with Andy Bellavia
017 – Bob Stolzberg – Wise Words from a Voice Pioneer
The next episode of the Future Ear Radio podcast features Bob Stolzberg, Founder & CEO of VoiceXP. Bob launched VoiceXP more than three years ago, which he describes as the "Wix of Voice Experiences," allowing for anyone to build their own Alexa skill or Google action in minutes. In addition Bob was one of the… Continue reading 017 – Bob Stolzberg – Wise Words from a Voice Pioneer