With the help of Kermit and Bear In September 2019 Amazon announced that the number of Alexa Skills had exceeded 100,000 while Google Actions languish in the low thousands. (Although Google would like to claim over 1,000,000, although 5,000 is probably nearer the mark. This VUX World article explains why!) …

With the growing rise in Voice Assistants embedded in static home devices. What happens when you need them out and about? — The definition of a first world problem! — Amazon has now sold over 100 million Alexa enabled devices worldwide, that is a massive figure, and one which will only keep growing with each Prime Day, Black Friday, and Christmas sale that occurs. I have often described home voice assistants (smart speakers) as the perfect “Aunty gift”; they’re not…

From Home Automation to V-Commerce, Voice Interfaces have so much potential to assist the blind in their day to day lives. — This weekend I was fortunate enough to speak at the RP Fighting Blindness’ Annual Conference attended by vision impaired people, their family and friends and medical professionals who work in the field. I was asked to speak to discuss the Potential for Voice Assistants to aid those affected by inherited…

Every brand needs an audio logo — With Voice Interfaces becoming more mainstream each day, brands must start asking when, not if, they jump into the Voice space. …

The rise of Voice Assistants like Alexa and Google home are getting people from different walks of life excited by the reality of our childhood sci-fi technologies becoming reality. Will we have the Star Trek computer? Will HAL become reality? Are we creating Skynet? …

I have read many arguments that voice assistants are going to ruin society, not just because AI is going to take over the world, leading to the downfall of civilisation as we know it and the rise of the machines, but because of the way that it is affecting our…

Building for voice is great and as the technology evolves, the experience is getting better by the day! Understanding the potential for voice interfaces have to revolutionise certain sectors is a really exciting concept, which many of us early adopters and developers are eagerly waiting to take off. There is…