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061 – Anna Rosen – Voiceflow 2.0 & The Democratization of Voice App Creation

This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, I'm joined by Anna Rosen, Enterprise Solutions Engineer at Voiceflow. Earlier this week, Voiceflow debuted a big new update to its conversational AI design and prototyping platform, called V2. So, in order to fully breakdown the big update, I had Anna on to share with the listeners… Continue reading 061 – Anna Rosen – Voiceflow 2.0 & The Democratization of Voice App Creation

Aural Attention Economy, Biometrics, Daily Updates, Future Ear Radio, Google Assistant, Hearables, Hearing Aids, Hearing Healthcare, Longevity Economy, Podcasts, Siri, VoiceFirst

060 – Luke Pearce & Andy Bellavia – Hearables’ Massive Growth in 2020 & What’s on the Hearables Horizon

This week on the Future Ear Radio podcast, I'm joined by Futuresource analyst, Luke Pearce, and my good buddy Andy Bellavia, Director of Market Development at Knowles Corp. For this conversation, the three of us discuss Futuresource's recent Hearables Market Report 2020, which examines the market trends and data from 2020. I've been anxiously waiting… Continue reading 060 – Luke Pearce & Andy Bellavia – Hearables’ Massive Growth in 2020 & What’s on the Hearables Horizon

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056 – Ron Jaworski – Making the Internet More Audible

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

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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”

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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

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Guest Appearance – Voicebot Podcast with Andy Bellavia and Bret Kinsella: Hearables + Voice

Last week, I joined Bret Kinsella and Andy Bellavia on the Voicebot podcast to talk about hearables and why they're suddenly emerging as such an important facet of voice technology. Our conversation touched on everything from how companies are improving battery life to facilitate longer usage, to which companies are best poised to succeed in… Continue reading Guest Appearance – Voicebot Podcast with Andy Bellavia and Bret Kinsella: Hearables + Voice

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Podcast: Bradley Metrock – Project Voice (Future Ear Daily Update 12-5-19)

Today's episode of the Future Ear Podcast features Bradley Metrock, CEO of Score Publishing and the head of the VoiceFirst Event circuit. In January, Bradley and his team will be holding the capstone of their conference circuit, Project Voice, where more than 3,000 voice enthusiasts from 20 different countries will gather in Chattanooga, TN to… Continue reading Podcast: Bradley Metrock – Project Voice (Future Ear Daily Update 12-5-19)

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Podcast: Andy Bellavia – VoiceFirst Hearables Use Cases (Future Ear Daily Update 12-3-19)

Today's episode of the Future Ear Radio Podcast features Andy Bellavia of Knowles Corporation. This is the second half of our hearables discussion, and while part one was largely centered around how the stage has been set for the next decade with hearables, part two explores what types of use cases might emerge now that… Continue reading Podcast: Andy Bellavia – VoiceFirst Hearables Use Cases (Future Ear Daily Update 12-3-19)

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A Journey to the Center of the Ear

The Road Starts Here If you examine the past 50 years of user interfaces in computing, what you'll see is that a new one surfaces every 10 years or so. Each of these new interfaces has been an incremental step away from hardware-based interfaces, to ones that are more software-based. From the 1970's - early… Continue reading A Journey to the Center of the Ear