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Delve into the future of audio technology with Bradley Metrock, host of This Week in Voice, as we explore the transformative impact of AI. Join us as we uncover the latest developments and trends reshaping the audio landscape and driving innovation in voice technology. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: AIBox.aiJoin our ChatGPT Community: Facebook GroupFollow me on Twitter: Jaeden's Twitter

Join Bradley Metrock, host of This Week in Voice, as we explore the transformative impact of AI on the audio industry. From voice assistants to podcasting, discover how AI is revolutionizing the way we interact with audio content and shaping the future of voice technology. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: AIBox.aiJoin our ChatGPT Community: Facebook GroupFollow me on Twitter: Jaeden's Twitter

Join us for an in-depth conversation with Bradley Metrock, host of This Week in Voice, as we explore AI's transformative impact on the audio landscape. From personalized recommendations to voice synthesis, discover how AI is revolutionizing audio experiences and driving innovation in voice technology. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: AIBox.aiJoin our ChatGPT Community: Facebook GroupFollow me on Twitter: Jaeden's Twitter

Dive into the dynamic world of AI-powered audio with Bradley Metrock, host of This Week in Voice, as we uncover the latest innovations and trends shaping the industry. Join us as we explore the audio revolution driven by AI and its implications for the future of voice technology. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: AIBox.aiJoin our ChatGPT Community: Facebook GroupFollow me on Twitter: Jaeden's Twitter

In this episode, we dive into the transformative realm of AI's impact on audio with Bradley Metrock, the host of This Week in Voice, as we discuss the unfolding revolution in the audio landscape and the pivotal role AI plays in shaping the future of voice technology. Invest in AI Box: https://Republic.com/ai-box Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/ AI Facebook Community Learn About ChatGPT Learn About AI at Tesla

Join me as we engage in a candid conversation with Bradley Metrock, host of This Week in Voice, unraveling the intricate threads of AI's influence on audio. In this episode, we explore the unfolding audio revolution and how artificial intelligence is becoming the driving force behind the evolution of voice technology. Invest in AI Box: https://Republic.com/ai-box Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/ AI Facebook Community Learn About ChatGPT Learn About AI at Tesla

In this episode, delve into Bradley Metrock's compelling insights from "This Week in Voice," unraveling the AI-driven evolution of audio technology and its profound implications on communication, entertainment, and beyond. Invest in AI Box: https://Republic.com/ai-box Get on the AI Box Waitlist: ⁠⁠https://AIBox.ai/⁠⁠ AI Facebook Community Learn more about AI in Video Learn more about Open AI

In this engaging episode, we feature Bradley Metrock, the host of "This Week in Voice," as he shares his insights on the audio revolution driven by artificial intelligence. Join us for a compelling conversation about the transformative impact of AI on the world of audio, including voice technology, podcasts, and more. Explore the exciting potential of AI in reshaping how we engage with and create audio content in this must-listen podcast. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/Join our ChatGPT Community: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/⁠Follow me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai⁠

This episode is a conversation with Bradley Metrock. Bradley is a General Partner at Project Voice Capital Partners, a venture capital firm focused on the conversational AI industry. He also leads the annual Project Voice Conference and hosts the podcast This Week in Voice. Bradley's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleymetrock/Project Voice Capital Partners: https://www.pvcp.vc/Project Voice Conference: https://www.projectvoice.ai/annual-conferenceThis Week in Voice: https://www.thisweekinvoice.com/John's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jowalter/

Join us for an electrifying episode as we dive into the transformative influence of AI on audio with the insightful Bradley Metrock, host of "This Week in Voice." Explore the latest trends, innovations, and game-changing developments in the world of voice technology. Get ready to be inspired by the audio revolution powered by AI! Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/Join our ChatGPT Community: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/⁠Follow me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai⁠

Taylor Swaid sits down with Bradley Metrock for a wide-ranging discussion of conversational AI, including OpenAI's ChatGPT and Amazon's Alexa. Bradley is the CEO of Project Voice, General Partner at Project Voice Capital Partners, and host of the “This Week In Voice” Podcast. https://www.projectvoice.aihttps://www.pvcp.vchttps://www.thisweekinvoice.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we delve into Bradley Metrock's (host of This Week in Voice) views on the audio revolution driven by AI. We discuss the implications of rapidly evolving voice technologies for consumers, businesses, and ethical considerations. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: ⁠https://AIBox.ai/⁠ Facebook Community: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/⁠⁠ Discord Community: ⁠https://aibox.ai/discord⁠ Follow me on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai⁠

Deborah Corn and Pat McGrew discuss standout moments and important industry themes at recent events, rethinking Las Vegas, and developments on the frontier of AI and voice-first technology. Mentioned in This Episode: Hunkeler Innovationdays: https://www.innovationdays.com/en/ National Print and Sign Owners Conference: https://npsoa.org/event-calendar/annual-owners-conference/ Nathaniel Grant: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathaniel-grant-89a03711/ GAM: https://graphicsandmarketing.com/ Print and Graphic Communications Association: https://printcommunications.org/ Mariano Rivera Foundation: https://themarianoriverafoundation.org/ Kodak Graphic Users Association Event: https://www.kodak.com/en/print/page/gua-european-conference Sign Expo: https://www.signexpo.org/ The Wrap Institute: https://wrapinstitute.com/ Lori Anderson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andersonlorim/ International Sign Association: https://www.signs.org/ Bradley Metrock: https://www.bradleymetrock.com/ Project Voice: https://www.projectvoice.ai/2023 Pat McGrew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patmcgrew/ McGrewGroup: https://www.mcgrewgroup.com Deborah Corn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahcorn/ Print Media Centr: https://printmediacentr.com Project Peacock: https://ProjectPeacock.TV  Girls Who Print: https://girlswhoprint.net Print Across America: https://printacrossamerica.com

Bradley Metrock, the CEO of Project Voice, joins Deborah Corn to discuss the potential regulation of ChatGPT, whether the development of AI technology should be delayed, guidelines for best practices and development, the legal and ethical issues surrounding AI platforms, and the ways AI will continue to impact our daily lives.  Mentioned in This Episode: Bradley Metrock: https://www.bradleymetrock.com Bradley Metrock on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleymetrock/ This Week In Voice TV: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF-MI49LyQ5Ilwo3EavZVXA Project Voice: https://www.projectvoice.ai   Project Voice Conference: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-voice-2023/ Ethics & Integrity Charter for LLM-Based AI: https://www.change.org/p/sign-the-ethics-integrity-charter-for-llm-based-ai-e-g-chatgpt-google-bard-etc Digital Book World: https://www.digitalbookworld.com/ Book.io: https://book.io/ ChatGPT: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt Deborah Corn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahcorn/  Print Media Centr: https://printmediacentr.com Project Peacock: https://ProjectPeacock.TV Girls Who Print: https://girlswhoprint.net

Today's guest is one of the most recognized investors and thought leaders in the conversational AI community. Bradley Metrock is the CEO of Project Voice, author of the popular Substack newsletter This Week in Voice with more than 30,000 subscribers, and a General Partner at Project Voice Capital Partners. Congrats to Bradley and the team on their recent announcement of their new rolling fund. Bradley's a proud citizen of the Volunteer State of Tennessee. Fair warning: you may be ready to move to Chattanooga after today's conversation. Oh, and he's also an ironman in the world of podcasting having just launched season eight of This Week in Voice, a podcast he launched in 2017. We're on about episode 180 of this podcast going back to 2019 so I admire Bradley's stamina.Listen and learn… Where there's opportunity for entrepreneurs to innovate in conversational AI How conversational AI is changing quick serve restaurants, contact centers, banking, and hospitality How Bradley evaluates new pitches at Project Voice Capital Partners How Bradley defines voice technology in his market map Is voice the new app… or perhaps the “original app” Why generative AI is so disruptive Should we be concerned about voice assistants like Siri and Alexa listening in on our conversations What jobs will AI create over the next decade Bradley sells the great state of Tennessee to entrepreneurs establishing roots outside a coastal state References in this episode... Dr. Lance Eliot describes the risk of sharing your data with ChatGPTApplied Brain Research, a Project Voice Capital Partners investment Bradley's voice technology market map The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights Project Voice 2023 

Dr. Samir Husni, also known as Mr. Magazine, the Founder and Director of Magazine Media Center and President and CEO of Magazine Consulting & Research, Inc, joins Deborah Corn to discuss why the preservation of magazines is so important, how magazines played their part in shaping history, and the current state and trends of the magazine publishing industry.  Mentioned in This Episode: Mr. Magazine: http://mrmagazine.com/  Dr. Samir Husni: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samirhusni/ Magazine Consulting and Research Inc: https://consultingandresearch.wordpress.com The Magazine Century: https://www.peterlang.com/document/1313550 Deborah Corn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahcorn/  Print Media Centr: https://printmediacentr.com Project Peacock: https://ProjectPeacock.TV Girls Who Print: https://girlswhoprint.net Digital Book World: https://www.digitalbookworld.com/ Book.io: https://book.io/ Bradley Metrock on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleymetrock/

Bradley Metrock discusses the Women Leaders of Conversational AI, Class of 2023, how they will be honored at Project Voice 2023 (April 24-28, Chattanooga TN) and shares something noteworthy about each individual.

Bradley Metrock discusses the Women Leaders of Conversational AI, Class of 2023, how they will be honored at Project Voice 2023 (April 24-28, Chattanooga TN) and shares something noteworthy about each individual. (Part 2 of 2)

Special Episode: Alexa Ard of the Washington Post presents her story https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2021/people-named-alexa-name-change-amazon/?itid=ap_alexajulianaard with a panel discussion moderated by Bradley Metrock. https://www.iamalexa.org https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/alexa-can-i-have-my-name-back/ #womenhelpingwomen #alexa #amazon #amazoncanwehaveournameback

**Who You'll Hear**Guest: Bradley Metrock (CEO of Project Voice)Co-host: Luna Tang (Cloud Service Delivery Manager at Klopotek)Co-host: Dwayne Parris (Senior Consultant at Klopotek)The guest for this month is Bradley Metrock, CEO of Project Voice and General Partner of Project Voice Capital Partners, who joins us to discuss the ins and outs of voice technology. Bradley starts with sharing how his personal and professional experience revolves around voice technology, AI, and publishing, then makes an in-depth analysis of how the emergence and rise of voice technology and voice AI has been making a revolutionary impact on publishing and various industries.In the end, Bradley recommends two events that voice AI and publishing practitioners would never want to miss out: Project Voice 2022 (April 25-28, 2022, in Chattanooga, Tennessee) and Digital Book World 2023 (Jan 16-18, 2023, in NYC). For more cutting-edge voice tech, please visit Project Voice and listen to his podcast This Week in Voice. Tell us what is going on with your publishing projects or business on Twitter (@Klopotek_AG), LinkedIn, or email us at podcast@klopotek.com.  For more information about the Klopotek software solution, please write to info@klopotek.com, or register to receive emails from us on technology innovations & events from Klopotek.

Bradley Metrock is CEO of Project Voice, a media and consulting company, and General Partner of Project Voice Capital Partners, a $20M venture capital fund investing in early-stage voice/AI startups. Project Voice 2022 takes place April 25-28 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The podcast focus for 2022 will be TECHNOLOGY. This episode with Bradley Metrock highlights how we can utilize voice to access technology. Metrock heads Project Voice and his mission is to accelerate the growth of voice tech across all domains. An unbelievable conversation that leads me to think: The Future is NOW! 1:30 What is Project Voice? 3:00 Application of Voice Tech in everyday life? 7:20 Universal Design Evolution 8:00 Voice in Education 9:30 Voice in Healthcare 15:30 Audiobooks and Synthetic Voice 18:40 Gatekeepers to StoryTelling (https://www.ivow.ai/) 23:00 Bradleys book: More than just the Weather and Music: 200 ways to use Alexa is currently being updated and will be available Christmas 2022 26:00 WHat is Bradley excited about? The Future of AI. Future of Work. 29:00 Project Voice #1 Voice Tech Event in Chattanooga, TN 25-28 April 2022. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marsh-naidoo/message

Bradley Metrock, author, broadcaster and publishing thought leader, outlines the latest developments in voice technology, artificial intelligence and other important emerging tools for author-publishers. At the end of the session you will be informed about new possibilities and opportunities opening up for you and where your books fit in. This is a post from SelfPubCon (The Self-Publishing Advice Conference), an online author event, run free twice-yearly, in association with the Alliance of Independent Authors. Find more author advice, tips and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center: https://selfpublishingadvice.org, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts, and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven't already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. You can do that at http://allianceindependentauthors.org.

Show Notes This week, I was interviewed by Bradley Metrock and Emerson Sklar on This Week In Voice Live! The show is a tad longer today to accommodate the questions they had, but I hope you enjoy :) Feel free to check out the full show -- they talk about voice technology every week, and we play some Jackbox at the end! Get In Touch Thanks for listening to the show! If you want to get in touch, you can always follow me on Twitter, or send me an email at info@thegamingobserver.com. Here's some other links you might be interested in as well: ⭐ Read this show as an email newsletter: https://thegamingobserver.substack.com/ ⭐ Join the community on Discord: https://www.thegamingobserver.com/discord ⭐ Listen in your Alexa routines (US Locale): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FLQ9RB1/ ⭐ Subscribe on YouTube for exclusive video content: https://www.youtube.com/TheGamingObserver

Dave is joined this week by Bradley Metrock, CEO of Project Voice. In January, Bradley kicked off a tour of 35 cities across the US, Project Voice Coast-to-Coast, where he has been stopping at each destination to meet with members of the voice community. At the point of recording, Bradley had just hit his 25th city, St. Louis, where he sat down with me to share what this experience has been like. During the discussion, Bradley shares stories from the road, including some of who he's had a chance to meet with, what it's been like traveling during the pandemic, the disparity between cities at this point in time, the future of events, the role of virtual events today and into the future, and more. A long conversation the spans a wide variety of topics. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

CEO of Project Voice Interview starts at 9:38 and ends at 56:32 Links “KindleDrip: Critical vulnerabilities in Amazon Kindle e-reader gave attackers free rein over user accounts” by Jessica Haworth at The Daily Swig - January 21, 2021 “Will Amazon release a Color Kindle in 2021?” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - January 1, 2021 Bradley Metrock's web site Project Voice Coast to Coast Zoom Video Webinars Digital Book World 2021 “Pete Buttigieg testifies in Senate confirmation hearing for Transportation secretary” at PBS - January 21, 2021 Morning Journal flash briefing for Alexa If you'd like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time.  The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show.  Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

In episode 91 Julie Daniel Davis interviews Bradley Metrock. Bradley is the CEO of Score Publishing and the creator of "This Week In Voice VIP," the daily letter to the voice & AI tech communities. Bradley is the reason Julie is involved in the voice industry. Going all the way back to the 2018 Alexa Conference where Bradley invited Julie to be a part of what felt like a very grassroots event. Having his eye on this emerging tech and its possibilities, Bradley serves as a knowledgeable guest. In this episode, Bradley shares his thoughts on the future of voice and education, what's slowing it down, and who to watch.

Hosted by Bradley Metrock and featuring guests Daniela Braga (CEO, DefinedCrowd), Nils Lenke (VP Apps, Cerence) and Derek Roberti (VP Technology, North America, Cognigy), This Week In Voice kicks off Season 5 with stories checking in on Google, Amazon, and Apple's voice/AI ecosystems. Additionally, a story about protecting children from AI is part of the show, and the first episode of Season 5 wraps with each of the guests discussing what they and their companies are most looking forward to as we approach 2021. A summary of the episode, along with a variety of quotes, were published as part of This Week In Voice VIP, the daily letter to the voice and AI tech communities. Check out the newsletter here: https://thisweekinvoice.substack.com/ This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

No mask? No problem. Based on attendee pushback, a coronavirus test at the door will be the only health safety measure for this business event. Do attendees want to wear masks and keep their distance when meetings resume, or will such practices detract too much from the experience of live events? That’s a question Bradley Metrock, CEO of Nashville-based Score Publishing, has been grappling with for months. His team painstakingly created Project Voice Series Protocols that would include COVID-19 testing, daily temperature checks and health monitoring. “It was really hardcore,” says Metrock. “We said there’s going to be masks, distancing, no food, no swag.” The 420-person capacity of the conference center at Harvard Medical School would be cut down to 200 with appropriately distanced room setups. But two factors upended that plan: Harvard will likely remain closed until Labor Day, and attendees didn’t want to come to an event so mired in health safety measures. Within days, a completely different plan was hatched. The Voice of Healthcare Summit, Special Edition, will be a one-day event at the Boston Winery on Aug. 5, 2020, with a projected 125 to 150 participants. The only health protocol will be a COVID-19 test at registration. Those who test positive will be sent home with a refund; those negative will enjoy a “halfway normal” event, said Metrock. We spoke with Metrock on May 15 about the factors that drove his decision, and how he expects to pull it off.

Voice as an input as well as an interface is considered by many to be the next frontier in human advancement. According to Voicebot, there are nearly 90 million US adults owning smart speakers. This adoption exceeds over a third of consumers with a compounded annual growth rate exceeding 30%, over the past three years. In January 2020, I went to the Project Voice conference in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Aside from discovering a lot about voice technology, devices, and conversational AI, I met some brilliant people shaping the future of this amazing interface. One memorable interaction I had, was with Stacey Kyler and Guy Tonye from Zammo.ai. Zammo is a great example of the rich fruits, born of voice technology and NoCode sensibility. This episode wouldn't have been possible without Bradley Metrock, host of "This Week In Voice", and Executive Producer of the Project Voice series of conferences and experiences. Here is a link to register for the Project Voice 2021. I've also included a brief excerpt from Bradley's interview with Mark Cuban, who gives some good advice on how to thrive in this nascent industry of voice. Zammo Demo - 10 mins. FYI - Guy is from Cameroon (b/w West and Central Africa). His name is French and is pronounced like the Gi you wear in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Hot Takes 7:15 - Stacey Kyler, Operations & Cust Success, Zammo. 8:18 - About Zammo. 9:47 - Intro - Guy Tonye, Software Engineer. 12:06 - Deeper on Zammo's Order of Solutions. 15:57 - Guy on making technology usable, accessible, and inclusive. 21:56 - Stacey on serving diverse customer needs. 29:06 - Guy endorses the NoCode mentality. 31:01 - The foundational tech behind Zammo. 34:38 - Zammo is the easy button for voice interactions. 39:44 - Trying to be the default invocation. 44:14 - Overcoming challenges in voice. 47:26 - Job Description: Conversation Enabler. 48:41 - Future view on using voice to build software. 51:20 - Maker Perspective = Use Case + Tool 54:23 - Will voice pass its own Turing test? 55:49 - For solopreneurs, enterprises, and government agencies. 58:29 - Voice gets better with more users. 1:02:19 Summary and Predictions. Music Credits Stephskillie - https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=Stephskillie Prod. nocredit - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEmMHfBN2NDsiEteozFVgYQ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app · Trainual: Trainual is a software that helps you document what you do, so you can easily delegate and train others. https://trainual.com/freemonth/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/codeless/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/codeless/support

We know that the landscape has shifted and businesses, large and small, are struggling to find their footing. The events industry, in particular, is one that faces, what some are considering, an industry killing situation. Events are all about the live experiences, the face to face, the networking. Things that right now are just unimaginable. Bradley Metrock, founder of Score Publishing, created the Power of Voice series of events and has over 30 live events across 12 years under his belt. Bradley knows the events space better than most. How Bradley and the Score Publishing team have adapted to the changing landscape is something every events producer should pay attention and strive to model. I'm excited to have Bradly be our first guest on the new Beyond Voice Conversations with such an important industry topic. Listen close - between the laughs - and you'll get a potential framework for events in a post-COVID world.

Author of Devoted, published March 31, 2020 by Thomas & Mercer Interview starts at 18:15 and ends at 49:40 Links Macmillan CEO John Sargent's letter rescinding changes in eBook pricing to libraries - March 17, 2020 “Macmillan Abandons Library E-book Embargo” by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - March 17, 2020. “Macmillan lifts library ebook embargo; DBW ban ends” by Bradley Metrock at Digital Book World - March 17, 2020 Audible Captions demo (video) “Amazon extends its US and Canada returns window to May 31” by Ben Fox Rubin at CNET - April 3, 2020 “Amazon and Apple Strike Deal for Prime Video In-App Purchases and Subscriptions” by John Gruger at Daring Fireball - April 2, 2020 Dean Koontz on Twitter Devoted by Dean Koontz Other books by Dean Koontz mentioned in the interview: Watchers (1999); The Eyes of Darkness (1981); Innocence (2013); Elsewhere (available for pre-order, ships October 20, 2020); the Moonlight Bay series (2 books first published in 1997 and 1998); the Odd Thomas series (6 books, the first published in 2003); the Jane Hawk series (5 books, the first published in 2017) Canine Companions for Independence Archaea microbe (Wikipedia) A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog Named Trixie by Dean Koontz Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, “Alexa, what's new?” Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Coronavirus COVID-19 is now officially a global pandemic but it has been impacting events where the voice industry has a prominent role for nearly a month. MWC, HIMSS, SXSW all canceled. What other events are likely to face a similar fate? How is the industry already adjusting to new challenges associated with large gatherings? Peter Erickson and Bradley Metrock run the largest and most popular events in catering to the voice industry globally. Erickson has already had two events canceled due to coronavirus but has online events already on the calendar that are getting a lot of attention. Metrock also had some online events planned but also has the Voice of the Car Summit planned for April. We discuss how the CEOs of Modev and Score Publishing view the current situation, how they are adjusting, and what it portends for the future. Enjoy this special edition of the Voicebot Podcast. 

I had the pleasure of speaking with Bradley Metrock, CEO of Score Publishing. Bradley is many things, and most certainly all things voice. Bradley has been in the voice space for several years and culminated the Project Voice event, the number one event for voice technology and AI in America. During the podcast, I had the opportunity to learn more about what Bradley does and his vision for the future of voice. He talks in depth about how businesses need to understand the importance of incorporating voice technology within small to medium size companies. If they don’t do it soon, they will quickly fall behind. Bradley is also the Keynote Speaker at Nashville Voice Conference 2020, coming up on August 7 at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. The event will focus on how all businesses can become more efficient and effective through the creation of Alexa Skills and Google Actions. Paul: How familiar do you believe businesses currently are with voice apps, Alexa skills and Google actions? Bradley: I think it varies, but in general it's pretty low. I view it as defensive in nature rather than offensive in nature. I think a business, including mom and pop gas stations, and as you get into the enterprise space, needs to be working with voice or working with groups like Data Driven Design who are working with voice on their behalf so that they are accumulating knowledge and they're getting acclimated to the space. But the bottom line is that if you're not delving into those waters, you're falling behind, and you're not understanding. Paul: Do you think businesses know that they can build custom applications for Alexa and Google assistant just like they can with websites or mobile apps and how those can actually help them be more efficient and effective? Bradley: I think some of that knowledge is there. They want to turn to professionals, and do it right. I don't think it's part of the mental calculus for a lot of companies. Like do the tools exist? Paul: You wrote a book more than just weather and music, 200 ways to use Alexa. Tell us about that. Tell us about some of those use cases that you've found. Bradley: It's profound. All the things that you can do with Alexa’s ecosystem. I always joke, you could line up a hundred Amazon employees and even they wouldn't know 70% or 80% of some of these things that are in the book. And I'll give you a couple of examples. It's called “Alexa, What am I Holding?” So four Alexa devices that have a front facing camera, like the Echo Show, and The Echo Spot. They have a feature called “Alexa, what am I holding?” Paul: If you had to come up with an idea of big or small to help any kind of business, including your own, with operations or marketing, creating a voice app, an Alexa skill or a Google action, what would it be? Bradley: We just went through that with Project Voice. We wanted to create a voice experience that you don't want to regurgitate the web. So with Project Voice, we thought, what is it that a voice experience for a conference ought to do? And what is it it can do, that's above and beyond regurgitating the web? And one of the things that we came up with that we used to great effect was having speakers talk about their sessions in their own voice. Paul: The goal of the Nashville Voice Conferences is to help people make things happen with their businesses with voice. And, you are the keynote speaker at Nashville Voice Conference 2020, and I'm very proud of that. Can you give us a little preview of what you're thinking will be valuable to the attendees on August 7th, 2020 at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center? Bradley: Sure! I'm thrilled that there is a Nashville Voice Conference, number one. I'm thrilled that it's growing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paulhickey/support

Executive Director of Digital Book World Links “Amazon's top spokesman: We want to question Trump over ‘blatant political interference' in Pentagon cloud contract decision” by Annie Palmer at CNBC - February 12, 2020 “Why Bernie Sanders Praised Amazon” by Jay Carney at The New York Times - February 10, 2010 “Amazon Kindle to include more options in the font menu” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - February 19, 2020 Kindle software updates Bradley Metrock This Week in Voice podcast Digital Book World - September 14-15, 2020, in Nashville American Library Association #eBooksForAll petition campaign “Digital Book World Bans Macmillan Employees in Response to Library Embargo” by Bradley Metrock at Digital Book World blog - January 28, 2020 “ALA Midwinter 2020: Macmillan CEO John Sargent, Librarians Spar Over E-Book Embargo” by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - January 26, 2020 “Book Club” column by Ron Charles mentioning DBW ban on Macmillan employees at The Washington Post  Jennifer N. Baker Vooks Scribd Alexa Flash Briefings   Facebook: The Inside Story by Steven Levy Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, “Alexa, what's new?” For my political podcast, please check out Edge Cast. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Sonic Branding, Accessibility, the Alexa Keynote and more from Project Voice are discussed by Karis Copp and Deborah Corn. Part 1 of 3 part series recorded in Chattanooga, TN. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Project Voice: https://www.projectvoice.ai/ Bradley Metrock: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleymetrock/ Deborah Corn https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahcorn/ Karis Copp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karis-copp-0831948b/ More than Weather and Music: https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Just-Weather-Music/dp/099114189X

Author of Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes Interview begins at 20:20 and ends at 47:20 Links “Digital Book World Bans Macmillan Employees in Response to Library Embargo” by Bradley Metrock at Digital Book World website - January 28, 2020 American Library Association launches campaign against e-book embargo - September 11, 2020 Report on ALA Midwinter 2020 meeting by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - January 26, 2020 Washington Post coverage of Digital Book World ban of Macmillan eBooks For All petition “How to Make Your iPhone or iPad Read Kindle Books Aloud to you” by Reagan Rose at Redeeming Productivity  Library Extension for Chrome and Firefox via Kevin Kelly at Recommendo Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes by Kathleen West 5 a.m. Writers Club My January 18, 2020 interview with Joanna Penn, creator of The Creative Penn blog and podcast “Finding the Perfect Comp” by Kathleen West at The Debutante Ball - January 21, 2020 Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Kathleen West's book tour dates for Minor Dramas The Inside Flap: A Weekly Book Podcast Click here to enable my daily Morning Journal flash briefing at the Alexa Skills store. You will then hear each day's entry by saying, “Alexa, what's new?” For my political podcast, please check out Edge Cast. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

I've known our CTO Joe Wallace since 2011. He's one of the most thoughtful people I've ever worked with. NOT "touchy feely" thoughtful. Thoughtful about his work. Period. He - and I mean this in a complimentary way - is NOT easily impressed. And as he admits in this wonderfully done podcast interview with our very own brilliant Sr. Strategist Sonia Thalman, he didn't know what to expect at Project Voice. But after spending a week with Joe at the number one event for Voice Tech and AI in America (shoutout to Project Voice founder Bradley Metrock), he and I both feel the energy and opportunity in the voice space, more than ever. But I wanted you all to have the opportunity to hear, in his own words, why Joe thinks Samsung's Bixby could be the next big voice platform. Please listen in to this special edition of our Data Driven Daily Tips! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paulhickey/support

Those of us building Voice Apps for Alexa and Google Assistant have naturally become evangelists and power users of the voice assistants and smart speakers. Case in point, I don't know anybody who knows more about How To Use Alexa than creator of Project Voice and CEO of Score Publishing, Bradley Metrock. Bradley is the author of More Than Just Weather and Music - 200 ways to use Alexa. He is also the host of "This Week In Voice" Podcast. In this interview with our friend QuHarrison Terry of Inevitable/Human and Mark Cuban Companies, We talk about his affinity for Voice, Alexa, and why he chose Chattanooga, Tennessee to be the home for the number one event for Voice and AI in America. Q and I joke about Bradley wanting to marry Alexa, but the truth is he's an amazing leader in the voice space and his passion for voice continues to pave the way for millions of people to benefit from voice as a technology. Q also asks me about my top Voice Predictions/Trends in 2020 and Bradley elaborates on Voice Branding. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paulhickey/support

The same way that our lives all improved as consumers and eventually as marketers and business owners in 2008-2010 with the advent of the iPhone and other smartphones, 2020 will be the year and certainly mark the beginning of the decade in which all of our lives improved due to Voice technology, like Alexa, Google Assistant and even Samsung Bixby and custom voice assistants. 15 years ago none of us knew what “pinching and zooming” or “swiping” meant. Now, our children are asking Alexa, Google and Siri just about everything. Students are building Alexa Skills for class projects and instructional technology directors are encouraging teachers to incorporate Alexa in the classroom. In this video, my friend QuHarrison Terry of Inevitable/Human and Mark Cuban Companies asks me: “What’s Keeping Me Up In Voice?” My answer: I get excited about the every day business owner and entrepreneur that maybe doesn’t have a huge team. They can use voice to become more efficient and effective. They can use voice to check their Quickbooks or have a voice based version of their company training. If you’re a small company with less than 10 people, you may not have a full HR team to train your next hire. You can use voice for that. Q also asks me: What’s the difference between a Voice App and a Voice Skill? So I happily break that down. Finally, Q tees up my take on what the best tools are to create your own Voice Apps (Alexa Skills and Google Actions). 1. Voiceflow – An authoring platform to create your own custom voice apps without coding. Content managers / digital strategists (non-coders) can easily build Voice apps in minutes and deploy to Alexa and Google Assistant. Voiceflow has several “blocks” that allow for advanced functionality such as replacing the robot voice, building visual screens for Echo Show devices via Alexa Presentation Language (APL). It also allows for team collaboration between content strategists and coders. Developers can layer API blocks and code blocks to extend the Voice App’s functionality beyond just a conversation. 2. The Voice Designer – I’m partial to this tool, because my CTO Joe Wallace and I built it for Data Driven Design clients. The Voice Designer is a one-of-a-kind WordPress plug-in that places an authoring tool in the backend of any WordPress website. The Voice Designer is similar to Voiceflow, but not as feature-heavy. It’s meant for marketing directors and small business owners to be able to build a voice-based version of their company website or blog and deploy it directly to Alexa and Google Assistant from the backend of their WordPress website. It is really meant to meet the marketer where they already are – their WordPress admin panel. 3. Engage By Voice – Engage is a phenomenal tool that features templates that can be customized to build and deploy custom voice apps for your business. Engage features templates that allow businesses to gather phone numbers and send text messages, deploy surveys, gather reviews and much more. Engage is a perfect tool for marketers to try voice and see how Alexa Skills and Google Actions can integrate into and support all of their other business development efforts. For more information on any of these tools, please feel free to contact me directly at paul@datadriven.design. I look forward to helping you build your voice apps! This interview took place at Project Voice – the number one event for Voice Tech and AI in America – from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Thanks to Bradley Metrock of Score Publishing and VoiceFirst.FM Thanks for reading, watching and listening, and have a great day! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/paulhickey/support

In this episode, Teri will share his experience at the recent Project Voice 2020 and give us some of the highlights of the event.He met so many like-minded people at the event, listened in on some sessions and participated in others. Bradley Metrock and his team did a great job organizing and coordinating the event. Teri had a videographer following him around for the entire duration of the event so he could capture as much content as possible to share with the Alexa in Canada audience. He was awarded the Flash Briefing of the Year award at the event.Welcome and Enjoy!Teri made a couple of short clips of his conversations with the people he met at the event, and the include:Scot Westwater from Pragmatic DigitalScot and his wife Susan are the founders of Pragmatic Digital and they just recently released a book that they did the book signing for at the event.They also recently released a new program called Voice Masters.They are focused on creating strategies for voice. They help businesses figure out what the value for their audience is, figure out what they’re trying to achieve from a business standpoint, and to actually figure out where those two intersect to create something that is useful and usable, instead of just novelty.He was excited by Teri’s panel and wanted to attend the event because they hadn’t attended in 2019.They will be doing a talk about strategy and the book they just released.Noa Eshed from Trinity AudioShe is the CMO of Trinity Audio and attended the event to learn more about the audio and voice industry, while also learning more about the predictions for 2020.She predicts that more readers will turn to listeners in 2020.She thinks publications will produce their written content in audio form too.She also predicts that audio advertising will evolve. This will happen through humanizing brands and telling stories.Roger Kibbe of Samsung BixbyHe is a developer and evangelist for Samsung Bixby.He is at the Project Voice to attend some sessions and do a talk.He will also be giving a workshop for Bixby with his team.He is excited to see how big the industry has gotten and how much momentum is around it.In 2020, he sees brands getting very serious about voice, and including it in their marketing budgets.Dr. Neil Desai of MedFlashGoHe is a family physician and one of the co-founders of MedFlashGo and DentalFlashGo, which are Alexa skills.He is the chief marketing officer for both those skills.They are focused on evolving medical education in the 21st century and training the next generation of physicians and healthcare professionals to teach, learn, create, and practice medicine in the century we live in by leveraging voice.He thinks voice technology will be adopted more in 2020.Dr. Sirish Kondabolu of Medicine Remixed PodcastHe is an orthopedic surgeon by training and the co-founder of Medicine Remixed which is a media company focused on podcasting and voice technology.On the voice side, he is interested in the implications of voice in both patient education and provider education. He feels that there are so many simple interventions that we can do using voice.One use case that he has been fascinated with is patient education specifically in orthopedic surgery with for example, post-op discharge instructions.Voice is the only platform where people can do all sorts of things while listening to what they need to listen to.Amy Stapleton of TellablesShe is the Founder and CEO of Tellables.She will be talking at the event about merging Tellables into a brand new company called Chatables. They will be extending their storytelling experience from the lessons that they learned from their My Box of Chocolates experience and conversational stories. They are building a new platform for authors and are looking into stories as a service where brands can extend their conversations with their customers by engaging with Chatables to find a conversational story that might peak the interest of customers.She thinks 2020 will be a transitional year where a lot of changes will take place in voice technologies.Andy Bellevia of KnowlesCorpHis company makes small microphones and speakers for mobile phones, voice assistants, smart speakers, other voice enabled IoT devices, hearables and hearing aids.He is responsible for all the in-ear products, and that’s what brought him to Project Voice, to get an insight into the intersection of modern hearables, where they’re going, and how hearables will enable voice on the go wherever someone goes.There has been a new Bluetooth standard for hearables that will be lower powered so hearables will have longer battery life and now they’ve become very useful to wear all day. Andy watched at CES how Google Assistant is pushing towards voice enabling third party apps.Katherine Prescott of VoiceBrewShe is the founder and editor of VoiceBrew, a digital media company dedicated to helping people get the most out of Alexa. They currently have 40,000 subscribers.They do a daily “One Actually Awesome Thing to Try with Alexa”They also publish comprehensive feature guides on everything from Alexa routines, to drop-in, to important topics like privacy.They recently launched an Alexa Tip of the Day flash brIefing largely inspired by Teri and other flash briefing creators.Daniel Hill He teaches small business owners how to use Instagram.He has a flash briefing where he talks about news, new features that have come to Instagram, strategies, tips and tricks, and answers questions on there.He spoke at the event about discoverability on voice especially voice skills.Adrian Simple of Gaming ObserverHe runs an Alexa flash briefing called the Gaming Observer, which is ranked number one in the US and the UK.Danny OrtizHe works with an incubator in Columbus, Ohio called Wave Columbus or the Wave Innovation Center. They incubate companies and help them grow in whatever area.David Box from Macadamian TechnologiesHe and his company presented topics on how to start up a voice skill in a voice bootcamp 101 type of session.They are focused on building the future of healthcare, and voice is a large part of that. They look at many different ways where they can incorporate voice into clinical workflows, and into the everyday lives of patients in order to improve outcomes and help clinicians improve their daily lives.Nate Trelor from OrbitaHe sees a transformation of healthcare taking place in 2020 through the power of voice.Voice has already started being used in clinical use cases transforming how patients communicate with their care providers and manage their own wellness.Carl Robinson of the Voice Tech PodcastHe saw some amazing presentations at the event.He has mostly been doing a range of podcast interviews with interesting people at the event.Bret Kinsella of VoiceBot.aiHe was the focus of the Bret Kinsella roast during the award ceremony which was a lot of fun.He also won the This Week in Voice Award for the Voice/AI Commentator of the year, and won the Voice/AI journalist of the year.They educate the industry and help people make better decisions so they can understand what’s going on today and where the trends are headed.Ray Kyle of Project VoiceHe’s a huge part of the Project Voice team.He handles business development for the event and all the Voice First events they do all over the US.Bradley Metrock of Project VoiceHe is the CEO of Score Publishing, a new type of publishing company that help creators find voice.He is the host of This Week in Voice and Executive producer of Project Voice.Links and Resources in this EpisodeVoice MastersPlay Crack the Code HereTrinity AudioThe Gaming Observer Flash Briefingwww.TheGamingObserver.comAdrian Simple on LinkedinAdrian Simple on Twitterwww.TheWaveColumbus.comwww.Orbita.aiwww.VoiceTechPodcast.comwww.VoiceTechPodcast.com/Newsletterwww.VoiceBot.aiwww.VoiceBot.ai/InsiderOther useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.ca See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Voice-first resources are featured in Episode 25 of Agile Digital Business podcast. You'll hear about Amazon Alexa Skills highlighted in a book by Bradley Metrock of the "This Week in Voice" podcast, to an interview with Bobby Kovey, The Credo Company, participant in a talk on preparing for voice, presented by Vickie Maris in Certificate in Executive Management at the University of Notre Dame.  You'll also learn about a new book by Susan Westwater and Scot Westwater, Voice Strategy: Creating useful and usable voice experiences. Enjoy! Vickie * * * * * * * * * * * * * *  0:18 Setup of Episode 25 and a welcome. 1:19 Vickie Maris introduces the upcoming interview that airs at the end of this episode with Bobby Kovey, The Credo Company, who chats about the value of an FAQ page on a website in this era of voice search. 3:28 Mention of an episode in the show, "This Week in Voice," hosted by Bradley Metrock, CEO, Score Publishing. The episode published on Nov. 7, 2019, (Season 4, Episode 10) is titled, "More than just weather and music: 200 ways to use Alexa." This is also the title of Bradley's book about Amazon Alexa Skills.    4:37 Review of several of the Amazon Alexa Skills that are featured in the book, "More Than Just Weather and Music: 200 Ways to Use Alexa." 5:22 Example of an Amazon Alexa Skill by PayPal that lets you send and receive money using your voice. 6:06 Vickie Maris provides a reminder that you can listen to this podcast, Agile Digital Business, when you ask your Amazon device, "Alexa, play the most recent episode of Agile Digital Business." 6:57  A reminder that it is possible to manage the recordings of your voice made by the Amazon Echo device right from the device with a request from your voice. 8:10 A reminder that there is an Amazon Alexa Skill, a Flash Briefing, that is published for this show, Agile Digital Business. 9:22 A shoutout to Len Clark, a colleague who broadcasts about Notre Dame sports who has also created an Amazon Alexa Skill, Notre Dame Football, that will give you latest in Notre Dame sports such as game day weather, kick-off times or tip-off times, etc. 9:59 Information about books I've been reading: How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big," by Scott Adams, comic strip artist of Dilbert. 10:54 Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max Tegmark. A book that I'm reading for the AI and Ethics Book Club at the University of Notre Dame. 11:40 Video resource from Voice Summit 2019, July 24, 2019, that is available on YouTube. A session at 2:59 in the session is by emcee J.P. Poulter of Vixen Labs.  17:44 Also from the July 24, 2019 video from Voice Summit 2019, go to the time code of 38:57 seconds, for a conversation between Scott Quartner who is a VP with T. Rowe Price and Vijay Balasubramanian, CEO and Founder of Pindrop. Their chat is about security and authentication in voice. 18:59 A new book by Voice Strategy: Creating Useful and Usable Voice Experiences, by Susan Westwater and Scot Westwater.  20:44 If you would like to voice record your next book, you can use a service like rev.com to get the audio file transcribed. 21:40 you can leave a voice mail for me using the SpeakPipe widget on my website, https://vickiemaris.com/contact 24:00 Interview with Bobby Kovey, The Credo Company, after he had participated in the executive education program, Certificate in Executive Management. "Things that you can use, that are proven best practices. You can walk away from the program with knowledge from proven experience that you can use." 25:45 Bobby Kovey discusses his plan to add an FAQ page to the company website to help their content be more readily discovered by potential clients who are searching for consulting companies that do work in government relations. 28:20 A thank you from the podcast host to Bobby Kovey for participating in the interview. Let's teach! Inspire! and Connect!     #agiledigitalbiz #voicefirst #teachinspireconnect

Guest: Claire Winslow, CEO Best Practice Media discussing an evolving definition of creativity in advertising.Audience segmentation and funnels are the new form of creativityWe should not limit the word “creativity” to a traditional definition of coming up with the ideas - it’s more than the ideas because it also involves the technical skill and strategizing of promoting the message, which can be done creatively even if it doesn't resemble Mad MenThe evolution of language: it always changes. Look at Olde English. Old people always dog young people - it’s the pattern of humanity.Instead of taking slogans from traditional media and putting them on social ads, reverse it and let inexpensive social advertising inform the traditional ads which are more expensive to produce: Case study from Claire's agency Best Practice Media: Buc-ee's Texas road stop, an amusement park/gas station - how Claire’s team is helping Buc-ee's choose effective copy for their road sign using digital (A/B testing 15 slogan options on Facebook to inform outdoor advertising). More info: Buc-ee's, the convenience-store chain with a cult following and 'world-famous’ bathroomsFemale Founders Are Changing the World. Please Stop Calling Them 'Mompreneurs' and 'She-E-Os': Enough with the cutesy nicknames by Lee BuchananGet in touch with Claire Winslow:bestpracticemedia.comSocial Media Week Austin: smwatx.comTwitter: @bestpracticesmmSPECIAL EVENT: Join us at SkillSetters Flash Networking at Project Voice on January 14, 2020!Info:The official Tuesday night event at Project Voice:Increase the discoverability of your Alexa Skill or Flash Briefing live at #SkillSetters premiere cocktail hour!Come share your Alexa Skill or Flash Briefing, speed dating style! 50 Alexa Skill creators have the opportunity to give a short elevator pitch for your Skill in 1 minute to each person in the room. After each interaction, guests can scan each other’s QR code badge that opens their Skill on mobile.You’ll leave with up to 50 new users, new friends, and great ideas! Come network with the #SkillSetters at Project Voice!YOUR HOSTS: SkillSetters and Finalists for the Flash Briefing of the Year Award:-Emily Binder (Voice Marketing with Emily Binder)-Daniel Hill (The Instagram Stories)-Amy Summers (The Pitch with Amy Summers)With featured guest Bradley Metrock, host of Project Voice along with Audiobrain and more great sponsors! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Teri welcomes Julie Daniel Davis, a leader in the voice education space and the Director of Instructional Technology and Innovation at a private school in Chattanooga, Tennessee.Welcome, Julie!She is a go-to EdTech guru and has been doing a lot of work in her school by helping to implement voice technology in a safe and effective manner for her students. Julie has also been speaking in multiple places about the same and comes on to talk about education and using voice technology to help fulfill educational goals.Taking Advantage of Voice Technology for EducationShe spoke at the first Alexa Conference (now known as Project Voice) in Chattanooga, TN in 2019.By sharing some of the blogposts she had written about using Alexa to explain her interest, Bradley Metrock, the event coordinator of the conference, not only invited her to take part in the conference, but also asked her to be a speaker.She asked Bradley if an educator could just sit in the back of the room and observe. She had beforehand dabbled with the idea of using voice in the classroom and even tried the concept out a few times, but held back due to privacy concerns.When the Echo Dot Kids Edition came out, she approached Bradley Metrock and told him she would like to pilot them in the classroom, and Bradley connected her to Dave Isbitski who helped her get a few of the Echo Dots to place in the classroom.They started using the Echo Dots for routines, reminders, and relevant Alexa skills.Blueprints were not available for the Echo Dot Kids Edition, so she begged Amazon to create them, and eventually Amazon came through.She believes in personalizing education and that formed the basis for their program where they make Alexa study guides for kids to study for tests. Teachers share those Alexa skills for studying with their families so that their families can use them to study at home.They also have an international program at their school through which Julie has been working with four international students who are English language learners. She is using Alexa to help them study for other exams, but what she has seen is that when the students answer Alexa, it helps them with their English pronunciation.She will be speaking at Project Voice 2020 and the students will be going with her to share their experiences.Teachers Using the Echo DevicesTeachers are not only using the devices in the classroom but also assigning students homework to go and use their devices at home.One of the advantages of having Alexa in a classroom is that it allows for small group instruction. A teacher can work with four or five kids over in one corner with one Echo device, and other small groups in other corners with their own Echo devices. They call that Station Rotation.Privacy Issues and Using Multimodal DevicesThey don’t have to only use the Echo Dot Kids' Edition.She freely uses other Echo devices because she doesn’t have to be FERPA and COPPA compliant at her school.She advises educators to be careful with how they set up their devices, how they use them, and how they store data.She has created a lot of infographics on her website that help educators set up their Alexa devices in a way that protects their students.For students under the age of 13, she only uses the kids' edition Echo Dot, because the device is COPPA compliant. She uses other Alexa devices in the other grades.She has not used Alexa devices with screens because of their price point, but what she loves about using smart speakers in the classroom is their price point. They can put a smart speaker into a classroom for $30 to $50 and every student has access. In a world where there is so much talk about equity of access, this could be a huge way for rural or poorly funded areas to make sure students have access to the world at large.Classroom Management via Smart SpeakersShe advises that a teacher should start off by telling the students what the expectations are. For example, students can’t just ask Alexa any question they want.A smart speaker helps keep the students engaged and listening to the responses that Alexa gives to the educational questions they collectively ask.Teachers’ ReactionsJulie asks teachers to pilot the smart speakers and that way teachers get to experience the benefits.When she first started out, some teachers were very skeptical about using them, and even now, some teachers don’t use them at all.List of resources mentioned in this episodeVocal IDThe Comprehensive Flash Briefing Formula CourseHow to Turn FreeTime on Alexa On or OffJulie’s WebsiteJulie on TwitterJulie on InstagramOther useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.ca See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

#SkillSetters Premiere Event is January 14, 2020 at Project Voice in Chattanooga! Join us for speed networking with the 50 Alexa Skill and Flash Briefing creators. Space is limited to just 50 attendees. Grab your ticket now! Register at bit.y/flashmeetWith your ticket, you'll get:Cocktail & appetizerFree signed copy of Bradley Metrock's Alexa book, sold out on AmazonDigital Swag Bag worth over $150 including freebies and promo codes for valuable voice marketing toolsParticipate in our flash networking (everyone gets a 1 minute pitch to promote their Skill or Flash Briefing)Event details:Join us at the official Tuesday night event at Project Voice:Increase the discoverability of your Alexa Skill or Flash Briefing live at #SkillSetters premiere cocktail & networking hour!YOUR HOSTS: SkillSetters and Finalists for the Flash Briefing of the Year Award:-Emily Binder (Voice Marketing with Emily Binder)-Daniel Hill (The Instagram Stories)-Amy Summers (The Pitch with Amy Summers)With featured guest Bradley Metrock, host of Project VoiceWHO SHOULD ATTEND:People who have an Alexa Skill or Flash Briefing.WHAT IS IT:You’ve heard of speed dating? Get ready for Skill Flash Networking!This event is the last of the day on the official Project Voice agenda and we have an incredible value-packed evening planned.Space is limited to 50 seats. You will have 1 minute with each person in the room to pitch your Alexa Skill or Flash Briefing.BENEFITS:Increase your Skill's following and 5-star reviewsHear expert tips on maximizing awareness of your Skill from three top #SkillSetters in VoiceGet real time, face time with Bradley Metrock, founder of Project Voice and author of “Amazon Alexa: More Than Just Weather & Music"FREE signed copy of Bradley's book, sold out on Amazon!FREE Digital Swag Bag featuring a year of complimentary Pro access to top voice marketing tools and podcast/RSS hosting, valued at over $150!FOOD & DRINK:Enjoy appetizers and welcome cocktail of your choice at The Public House#VoiceFirst #ProjectVoice #VoiceTech #AmazonAlexa #Alexa See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Bradley Metrock, CEO at Score Publishing, discusses voice-first technology, conversational commerce and its increasing role in our lives, his book on Alexa's broader range of skills, and what to expect at the upcoming Project Voice Conference in Chattanooga, TN January 13-17, 2020. Bradley Metrock: https://www.bradleymetrock.com/ Score Publishing: https://www.scorepublishing.us/ Project Voice:  http://projectvoice.ai/ This Week in Voice Podcast: https://www.thisweekinvoice.com/   More Than Just Weather & Music: https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Just-Weather-Music/dp/099114189X Alexa Skill Blueprints: https://blueprints.amazon.com/

This is a time-limited preview. To hear the full episode, and access the full catalogue of episodes and bonus content, become a Voice Tech Pro https://voicetechpodcast.com/pro“What should we be doing with voice?” If you or your team are asking that question, you need to be at Project Voice and we’re here to tell you why!Today on the VoiceTech Podcast we welcome Bradley Metrock, the organizer of Project Voice 2020. Bradley is CEO of Nashville-based Score Publishing, which helps creators find their voice. He founded podcast network VoiceFirst.FM hosts the popular show This Week In Voice, published More Than Just Weather And Music: 200 Ways To Use Alexa, and produces the company's series of VoiceFirst Events. Bradley has been cited as a leading thought leader on voice-first technology and AI, speaking regularly on its profound impact on our world.Our conversation today mostly revolves around Project Voice 2020, we also discuss some of Bradley’s above-mentioned ventures. He talks about his views on what he sees as the trends in Voice at the moment and lays out his predictions for 2020. It’s a really interesting and intriguing conversation we had, so be sure to keep listening! Also, check out the link below for 30% off Project Voice 2020 tickets.Highlights- Available at http://bit.ly/voicetechpodcast-ep050aQuotes from the show[0:09:51] This isn’t a transactional sort of conference[0:15:20] I am a truth teller to the marketplace and that is what sets our event apart[0:44:54] Focus on the identity of your show, the feelings it evokes, and the value it addsLinks to clickProject Voice

When your hands and feet are cold, you feel you cold. Why is that? And what can you do to warm them up quickly? This episode begins with some interesting help that will keep you warm this winter. http://www.rd.com/health/wellness/keep-cold-feet-hands-warm/You may not realize it but communicating with a computer with just your voice is a really big deal. It is a game changer according to Bradley Metrock, CEO of Score Publishing who produces events that revolve around voice computing. Bradley is the host of the podcast This Week in Voice and author of the book More than Just Weather and Music: 200 Ways to Use Alexa (https://amzn.to/2PbTAPe). Listen as he explains how smart speakers work, how some are different than others and what it all means to you.If you are going on a job interview, what is the worst color to wear? I’ll explain what hiring managers say about the worst and best clothes to wear if you want to make a good impression. https://www.businessinsider.com/best-and-worst-colors-to-wear-to-job-interview-2013-11You have probably never thought much about the topic of liquids but liquids are vital to our survival and the survival of every species on earth. British scientist Mark Miodownik, author of the book Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances that Flow Through Our Lives (https://amzn.to/2RMwSyL) joins me to discuss the fascinating world of liquids. For one thing, liquids are hard to define yet one liquid (water) covers 70% of the earth's surface. Interestingly, liquids are so important to our survival yet there is very little liquid in the universe. Listen to hear this fascinating discussion.This Week’s Sponsors-Beauty Counter. Check out great holiday specials before they are gone. Go to www.BeautyCounter.com

Guest: Bradley Metrock, CEO Score Publishing & VoiceFirst Events Topic: Project Voice Dave and Bradley talk about the genesis of Project Voice (formerly named the Alexa conference), how the conference has evolved, the growing voice enthusiast community that Bradley has helped to cultivate and what to expect at this year's Project Voice. Along with the conference, Bradley also shares his take on whether we're in the midst of a, "trough of disillusionment," with voice technology. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/futureear/message

Season 4, Episode 10 (November 7, 2019) of This Week In Voice, presented by VoiceFirst.FM, is a special edition devoted to the release of new book "More Than Just Weather And Music: 200 Ways To Use Alexa" by Bradley Metrock.

In this episode, Teri welcomes Bradley Metrock of Score Publishing and Katherine Prescott of VoiceBrew, to talk about their incredible work in the voice space. Welcome, Bradley and Katherine!Bradley is the CEO of Score Publishing and the VoiceFirst.FM network while Katherine is the Founder/Editor of VoiceBrew.Bradley recently wrote a book about some of the things that we can do with our Echo devices, and Katherine wrote the forward for the book. Their work in the voicefirst world is geared towards helping regular non-techie people learn how to use Alexa and voice technology.VoiceBrewIt’s a daily email newsletter that helps people get the most out of Alexa. They also publish comprehensive guides on their website covering almost all of Alexa’s key features.They now have over 25,000 email subscribers.Brad’s Alexa BookBrad wanted to write an Alexa instruction manual because he saw a need for it, and it eventually morphed into the book called “More Than Just Weather and Music: 200 Ways to Use Alexa”The book showcases the breadth of use for Alexa covering areas like healthcare, coronary, banking, publishing, and automotive.The way most people use voice technology today is similar to how most people used the internet in the 90s. They are only asking Alexa what the weather is or to play some music. This is because they don’t know what skills or commands to use.Narrowing Down to 200 Ways to Use AlexaNarrowing the list down for Bradley and his team was tough. He had skills developers asking him where their skill was in the book if he hadn’t put it among the 200.They focused more on the quality of the skills and only included those that had positive reviews (based on their quality) in the skills store. They mainly looked at whether the recent reviews were good, but also checked if the recent bad reviews were based on the quality of the skill, if not, the skill would qualify for the list.Brad also wanted to include skills that are good but haven’t gained visibility among users. They include Daddy Saturday which compliments a book titled “Daddy Saturday”, Where the Beef? and The Reuters flash briefing.The 200 ways to use Alexa include 175 Alexa skills and 25 Alexa built in functions.Katherine’s favorite kids’ skills were included in the list. They include Kids Court, Chompers, and Choose Your Own Adventure.Brad asked Katherine to write the forward for the book because VoiceBrew’s brand orientation is aligned with what the book is about.The Need for Skills DiscoverabilityWhen Brad got into publishing, he discovered the iBooks software by Apple which people were using to create interactive content. A lot of people were creating incredible multimedia, driven and interactive content, but they were having a huge discoverability problem.Eventually the whole ecosystem died because post-Jobs Apple didn’t know what to do with it. Brad sees a lot of parallels with Alexa in that regard, and therefor believes it’s very necessary to create the Alexa skills lists for enhanced discoverability.Katherine believes discoverability is challenging for voicefirst experiences because with voice, content is pulled by users as opposed to how content is pushed to them by social media platforms. She advises that Alexa skills creators should think about what distribution strategies they will use in order to ensure that their skills are highly discoverable.List of resources mentioned in this episodeThe Comprehensive Flash Briefing Formula CourseVocalID Websitewww.ThisWeekinVoice.comwww.ProjectVoice.aiVoiceBrew WebsiteKatherine on TwitterOther useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.ca See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

During my conversation Brielle Nickoloff, lead, product marketing, for Witlingo, she and I discuss the value of moving quickly in the voice platform. Hear how Amazon Alexa searches data sources to respond to voice search as well as insights about voice portals for your customers. Nickoloff has a background in linguistics and neuroscience and user interface design. Her unique combination of degrees led her to Witlingo, which helps companies build voice experiences. Here is our conversation and the associated time codes to help you locate key moments in the interview:   :29 Introduction from Scott Greeson :42 Vickie Maris introduces the upcoming interview with Brielle Nickoloff, Witlingo. Vickie and Brielle met while attending the voice panel during Podcast Movement 2019. 1:53 Vickie provides background information about Brielle and her work in the voice community. 2:48 Brielle speaks three languages and has several publications to her credit. You can read more at her LinkedIn profile. 3:49 Reach Brielle via email, brielle @ witlingo dot com or through her LinkedIn profile. 4:08 How Brielle was led to the voice space. She had been double majoring in Neuroscience and Linguistics with an intent to go to Medical School. 4:32 A seminar in her linguistics program about profanity; she did a paper about why people get so frustrated with robot.   5:27 Her transition to voice for her career. 5:58 Vickie talks about taking a graduate level linguistics course during her undergraduate program 6:50 Brielle talks about the point at which she decided that she was not interested in taking the MCAT which had been part of her original plan 7:38 Contemplation of becoming a coder and attending a coding boot camp or other learning activities it would take to work in the voice space 8:21 A conversation with a best friend who was studying art and design had been sending job postings to Brielle about Google needing designers and linguists 9:03 Exploration about a career path in user experience design. 10:03 Voice design and roles in a "voice" career 10:30 Brielle began as a voice designer with Witlingo 11:22 Brielle is in a position at Witlingo that didn't exist a few years ago in this budding industry. 11:56 Reasons explained for the growth of the voice platform. 12:07 With voice, you don't have to learn how talk. 12:31 "We're finally at a point where this technology can understand us and speak back to us. Alexa was the first one. She helped make it mainstream." 13:03 "We need so many people in this field." 13:38 Vickie asks "What does a business need to do today to be ready for voice and how people are incorporating it in to their daily lives." 14:40 We're now at a point when you're in a room asking people if they know about voice assistants, everybody has at least tried it." 15:10 What does it mean to pay a company to build out a voice experience for you? 15:28 Witlingo has refined its offering to a SAS (software as a service) product for their clients. https://www.witlingo.com/ 16:02 "With a website, you wanted to build your SEO roots early on when text-based search engines came out. Those who started building out very strong, rich content on any search engine were the ones who would be pushed to the top." Brielle Nickoloff 16:35 "There is no such thing anymore as seeing the 10 blue hyperlinks on Google's first page." 16:44 "If you a voice assistant a question about a brand, a company, anything; what you get back is one, single answer. It's not a bunch of options anymore." 16:56 "Even in text-based search engines, that has been a shift we're seeing as well." 17:30 "There is quite an interesting parallel between that and what is going on with voice." 17:56 "Our product is designed so that you can sit down and record FAQs about yourself or your company... It makes so that people can find what people are searching for about your company." 18:38 "There are two things to consider with voice - the content creation and the content consumption." 19:35 "In a few years, it will be an absolute table stake for your brand to have a presence in voice. 19:52 A voice assistant will first search its own, internal database. If they can't find the answer there, they move out to the voice web. In Alexa's case, it is the Alexa Skills. Then, she'll go to the web search. Alexa is powered by Bing. The Google Assistant is powered by Google. 20:51 "Planting those voice roots very early on" is important. 21:00 Web content is not designed to be consumed while you're listening to it. 21:18 "People usually use long term searches when they are conversationally asking for things." 21:38 Include general things that you want to be an authority on. 21:56 "If you are building out that rich, voice-based content, then you're going to have a leg up in the future when the algorithms are more refined and able to actually pull an answer from third-party skills in areas where you are an authority." 22:44 Invitation to grab a screen shot of this episode with Brielle Nickoloff, and share it out with your friends and colleagues. 24:00 How to add the podcast, Agile Digital Business, to your Flash Briefing on your Amazon Echo device so that you can ask Alexa to "play your flash briefing." 25:30 "We're getting a lot of traction with marketing executives who have signature power." 26:00 "We're seeing everything from B to C; B to B.  27:12 "40 percent of adults use voice search every day and that is growing rapidly." 27:44 "You have customer care: You can easily reach your customers by providing answers and information they would need, just by asking." 27:58 There is also the digital marketing aspect. You can surface first when users are searching. 28:20 Episode about adding the Alexa Skill for the podcast appeared rapidly in search results in iTunes in the top two rows of options. 30:01 "We're banking on the idea that any serious business that has a website, a Twitter, etc., that voice is the next table stake to consider." 31:02 Brielle describes Flash Briefings that you can create for Alexa users 31:24 "If you add a Skill to your Flash Briefing lineup, you never have to remember the name of the Skill to invoke it anymore." 33:06 Witlingo team is excited to be able to provide the Flash Briefing capability to companies interested in creating a Flash Briefing for their customers to enable. 33:45 Vickie provides the example of connecting her RSS feed for her podcast with her Flash Briefing Amazon Alexa Skill 34:19 Opportunity to grab embed code from your portal with Witlingo, which allows you to feature the voice of your users providing feedback. 35:05 On being "platform agnostic." Special Offer from Witlingo to Listeners of Agile Digital Business 35:34 Brielle mentions an offer for the use of Witlingo tools for listeners who would like to try the service. If you mention that you heard about the company via Agile Digital Business podcast, the company will get you set up for a year of use of service for free. Brielle can provide more details. (Check with Witlingo about the length of this offer.) 36:56 Vickie provides an example from her experience as an author, and the importance of publishing your books in audiobook format. Her first book, Job Loss and the Cutback Blues: Journey of Grief, Uncertainty and Recovery After Being Let Go, is available as an audiobook through Amazon, Audible and other locations. The book she is about to publish will also be available as an audiobook. 37:24 Conference, Digital Bookworld, is mentioned by Brielle. Bradley Metrock (https://twitter.com/bmetrock) created the conference. It's about publishing in the age of voice and the age of digital books. 37:35 Alexa conference is now called Project Voice. Brielle highly recommends this event as well. 38:03 Show notes are in the podcast Libsyn blog, https://vickiemaris2.libsyn.com 38:29 Thank you. 39:06 Music closing                    

John chats with Bret Kinsella, the CEO of Voicebot.ai, and Bradley Metrock, the host of This Week In Voice, about the future of Voice Platforms. The future of voice is undetermined, find our more about the potential of voice, and the how it will affect every aspect of our lives. 

Bradley Metrock, CEO at Score Publishing and Executive Producer of VoiceFirst Events, shares how Digital Book World is uniting all facets of publishing at this annual conference and how voice-first technology is impacting marketing and communications. See Bradley present at PRINT 19. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Bradley Metrock: https://www.bradleymetrock.com/ Bradley Metrock on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleymetrock Score Publishing:  https://www.scorepublishing.us/ VoiceFirst Events: http://www.voicefirstevents.com/ 2019 Digital Book World: https://www.digitalbookworld.com/ Project Voice: https://www.projectvoice.ai/ The Print Event: https://www.printtechnologies.org/PRINT19/ This Week in Voice: https://www.thisweekinvoice.com/

In this episode, Teri welcomes Bradley Metrock, the CEO of Score Publishing and the creator of VoiceFirst.FM, the leading podcast network covering everything about voice technologyBradley is the guy behind some of the best voice technology events out there in all different sectors. The flagship event that he puts on is Project Voice, and he also puts on many voice events covering many different verticals and industry sectors which include healthcare.Key points from Bradley!The Voice of Healthcare Summit 2018 and 2019, and some of the things that he has observed over the last year with regards to the evolution of voice technology particularly in the healthcare sector.Amazon Alexa’s HIPAA Compliance and how it will affect Amazon in both the short and long term.Developing an Event Around Healthcare and VoiceThe genesis of the Voice of Healthcare Summit started with the Voice of Healthcare Podcast which he co-created with Dr. Matt Cybulsky.They needed an in-person gathering of all the people interested in voice technology and AI, and its intersection with modern healthcare. The perfect venue for it was Harvard Medical School. They piloted the event in 2018 and it went very well. They had very qualified attendees and fantastic speakers.The Current Happenings in Healthcare and VoiceWe have sort of reached a saturation point especially for the early adopters of voice technology. There’s a prevailing thought on what the next voice technology that will carry us forward will be.There are still plenty of people who are yet to interact with computers by voice. More people are still discovering what voice technology can do for them that other interfaces cannot.It feels like the industry is plateauing, but several companies are making major moves.Samsung came out with a number of developer tools and Bixby 2.0. Apple hired some people to get more serious on improving Siri. Microsoft’s decision to partner with Amazon Alexa had a number of positive implications for their business.Different companies are diving into voice strictly into specific verticals.He predicts that there will be some sort of killer voice app in healthcare that will open up people’s eyes to the potential of what voice can do for people everywhere. Looking at the conference program at the Voice of Healthcare Summit 2019, one company called Canary Speech is well-funded and has top-notch computer scientists involved. They use voice to impact healthcare by analyzing the sound waves in someone’s voice, and measuring them against the person’s baseline and other benchmarks that they have.Other companies that will talk about their great voice apps include CARROT Pass, The Mayo Clinic, Orbita, Lifepod, Triad Health A.I. (They have a very different approach using their voice platform to help people who have been diagnosed with Parkinsons), Transform9, and many more.Innovation in Voice for Healthcare Versus Other VerticalsThe amount of innovation taking place in other verticals is huge but the attention on them by their respective sectors is different. For example, in the hospitality sector, based on the Voice of Hospitality Summit, there is a lot of innovation going on but there is very little attention on that from the hospitality market. The adoption of those technologies is very slow.From the Voice of the Car Summit, there’s plenty of innovation going on in voice technology for cars, but the attention from the market is slightly less than in healthcare or hospitality.Amazon Alexa’s HIPAA ComplianceIt brings things to a whole new level.The number of devices being sold is something that can’t be ignored.The fact that Amazon would go to the trouble of getting Alexa to be HIPAA Compliant sends a signal that voice and AI can deeply impact healthcare positively.Links and Resources in this EpisodeVoice of Healthcare Summit 2019Voice Summit 2019 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Presenter of Digital Book World Sept. 10-12 in Nashville Interview starts at 17:04 and ends at 54:36 “This is a very unique conference. There's nothing quite like it. It's time well spent for anybody who touches in any way publishing or technology.”  News Chris Walton's speculations on Prime Day of the future  Amazon's big new employee training program announced Peter Kafka interview with Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud Tech Tip Interview with Bradley Metrock Digital Book World 2019 in Nashville September 10-12, 2019 at the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel Collaborative Knowledge Foundation Bloom Library Simon & Schuster's Stephen King Library Mike Shatzkin's blog Samsung's Bixby 2.0 This Week in Voice podcast Amazon's Alexa Conversations The Voice of Healthcare Summit August 5-6 at Harvard Medical School, Boston Lifepod Project Voice January 13-20, 2020 in Chattanooga  Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD.  Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Three new episodes are up of my Edge Cast podcast. Check it out! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

In this week’s #DataTalk, we chat with Bradley Metrock about voice-first technology and its impact on industry and consumer behavior. Bradley Metrock is CEO of Nashville-based Score Publishing, which helps creators find voice. Metrock founded podcast network VoiceFirst.FM, hosts the popular show This Week In Voice, published the audiobook Perspectives on Gender in #VoiceFirst Technology, produces the company’s series of VoiceFirst Events, and co-founded the industry association VoiceFirst.Community. ​ Quoted by organizations as diverse as The Mayo Clinic to Forbes to Harvard Business Review, Metrock has been cited as a leading thought leader on voice-first technology and AI, speaking regularly on its profound impact on our world. Follow him on Twitter, Youtube, and LinkedIn. Check out our upcoming data science live video chats

Bradley Metrock is driving the change to establish the Voice Capital of the World. Bradley is the organizer of the Voice First conference circuit & host of This Week in Voice First Podcast Voice First Tech Get Started: voicedrycleaner.com LinkedIn: goo.gl/h8GdnM Instagram: goo.gl/5ypZke  Facebook: goo.gl/bzr2Pp  Twitter: goo.gl/sdyjwK  YouTube: https://bit.ly/2F8eTwt  . RJ Pikus Twitter: https://twitter.com/rjolayolay   . Pat "Sweets" Sweetman Instagram: goo.gl/i3ufET  LinkedIn: goo.gl/PyPFMW . Leave Feedback: "Alexa, Open SurveyLine" .   When prompted, use Name/Code: "voice 1st podcast". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/voicefirstai/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/voicefirstai/support

Guest Mark Cuban talks with Bradley Metrock on This Week in Voice Season Finale. Message: Go build Alexa skills. It's easy. Anyone can do it.Takeaway: we are done with walled gardens. Technology is for everyone. That's #voicefirst.Get the Voice Marketing Flash Briefing on Alexa:1) Click "Enable" here: http://bit.ly/beetleflash2) Say, "Alexa, Flash Briefing."Subscribe on Apple PodcastsEnjoy this? Please leave a review on Amazon to help others find the show! Thank you.More about voice marketing for your brand at beetlemoment.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode, Bradley Metrock from Score Publishing (Alexa Conference) joins the show to discuss how B2B businesses can pursue niched #firstvoice ideas to drive results for their business. 

Assessing the Healthcare Readiness of Mainstream Voice AssistantsThis podcast is also available in the UK US Canada Australia and India as a Flash Briefing on @amazonecho devices and the #Alexa app (even w/out a device). Search for The Smart Speakers. ‪The links referred to are at: https://www.thesmartspeakers.com/links ‬‪Produced by Peter Stewart (@TweeterStewart) ‬‪#Voice #voicefirst #smartspeakers ‬Source by Bradley Metrock and Dr. Matt Cybulsky, medtechboston.medstro.com

The 2019 Alexa Conference highlighted a number of interesting developments in the voice space, and Bradley Metrock joins the show to discuss how the boundaries are being pushed and what it means for voice design. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/design-for-voice/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/design-for-voice/support

Dr. Sandhya Pruthi of Mayo Clinic joins host Bradley Metrock for a discussion of Mayo Clinic's award-winning Alexa skill, "First Aid," and how the organization views the emergence of voice-first technology. The VoiceFirst Roundtable is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Author of Early Riser: A Novel Interview starts at 11:47 and ends at 39:00 News Amazon to buy Eero - in Wired and Yahoo Finance Amazon drops plans for HQ2 in New York (Washington Post) Tech Tips VoiceBrew podcast on Alexa tips (via Bradley Metrock's This Week in Voice podcast) Interview with Jasper Fforde Early Riser: A Novel at Amazon.com Early Riser web site and “What's the book about?” Shades of Grey: A Novel Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker Three episodes of the Bonanza TV series - free on Prime Video The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde Comments Classical music list from listener John Aga: Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Guide to Classical Music available through YouTube: They are broken into 95 easily digestible clips over many public concerts. Beethoven's 9th Symphony (Ode To Joy portion) as done by a musical flash mob. George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue. https://youtu.be/cH2PH0auTUU Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt Suite Number 1. https://youtu.be/dyM2AnA96yE P.Dukas. The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland LIVE. Pictures at an exhibition - Suite in 10 movements – Moussorgski. Rimsky-Korsakov. Scheherazade. Movement 1. Eine kleine Nachtmusik. Mozart. Simple Gifts as performed by Cantus. Puccini: “O mio babbino caro” / Performed by Renee Fleming. John: Cantus is a particular favorite of mine and their home is here in Minnesota.  This Tiny Desk Concert is courtesy of NPR.  NPR has been doing a series of these Tiny Desk concerts for a long time. Next Week's Guest Kelsey Skea, head of the new Amazon Crossing Kids imprint Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Voice assistant use in the car is 60% higher than smart speakers on a monthly basis, but it doesn't get as much attention. There are more users and the use cases are different. The In-Car Voice Assistant Adoption Report sheds light on these differences. Bradley Metrock from VoiceFirst.fm and Niko Vuori of Drivetime.fm collaborated with Voicebot on the research and we discuss the findings along with my colleague Ava Mutchler. We break down the data and trends that will bring new focus to the car in 2019.

Announcements - what's happening in February 2019 (first two minutes of show):This week I’ll be on Bradley Metrock’s show, This Week in Voice, which should air February 1, 2019If you’re in Atlanta, come to the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association (AiMA) event on February 6, where I’m moderating a panel about voice technology with Kesha Williams from Chik Fil A (she was the main keynote at The Alexa Conference), plus speakers from Home Depot and 360i: How Voice Will Disrupt the Buyer Journey - Innovation Series presented by Nebo AgencyNext podcast appearance: Alexa in Canada, the Voice Experience with Dr. Teri Fisher. This will air the week of February 11.Social Media Week Austin: #SMWATX Feb 19-22, I’m speaking about voice marketing. Date and time announced Feb 11.Show notes:CPG and FMCG especially need to pay attention to the updates in Alexa: ISP (in-skill purchasing) just got a facelift in the Developer Console, making it easier to upsell. This is just getting started. Skills with very high conversion rates for upsell to premium version (34-50%!): Big Sky (weather) and Escape the Airplane (game)Voice in the car - HUGE opportunity (car is faster growing and has 60% higher MAUs than smart speakers)Today is like first gen iPhone: you can't multitask - only one app at a timeWhere we are with skills now: you can only do one thing at a timeThis will improveVoice is for EVERY brandTyping is unnatural, awkward, and slow. We are computing in computer-ese. Let's talk. We can speak and process so much faster than we can talk or read. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the heels of The 2019 Alexa Conference, host Bradley Metrock discusses the #VoiceFirst news of the week with guests Brielle Nickoloff (Witlingo) and Lucas Wonderley (SAP). Stories include KFC opening up voice-first ordering in India, Sherpa.AI raising $8.5M, and Alexa saying something truly offensive perhaps for the first time ever. This Week In Voice is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Brian Ross, VP of Product and Services at Privakey, joins host Bradley Metrock to discuss the importance of data security and privacy in a voice-first world, and the role that Privakey has to play in providing secure authentication which potentially enhances voice applications on any platform. The conversation, taking place before CES and The Alexa Conference, discusses both of the January events, along with Ross explaining the need for voice tech to develop killer apps in order to continue to gain traction. The VoiceFirst Roundtable is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

What if the future is voice first? What if people ask AI assistants like Alexa or Google Assistant to find them a book to read? What if the primary consumption of books is in audio format, not print or ebook? I talk about these questions and more with Bradley Metrock. In the intro, Draft2Digital announce […] The post Voice Technologies For Authors With Bradley Metrock first appeared on The Creative Penn.

In this episode, Teri welcomes Harry Pappas, the Founder and CEO of the Intelligent Health Association (IHA) Welcome Harry Pappas!Harry is a serial entrepreneur and has never worked for the corporate world. His core goal is to get the healthcare community to adopt new technology, software, apps, voice and other forms of technology that can have a dramatic impact on improving patient outcomes, patient care and patient safety while driving down the cost of Healthcare for all citizens.The Intelligent Health Association (IHA)A healthcare incident concerning his mother made him realize how bad the healthcare system is the US and worldwide. He promised his mother that he would use all his talents, resources and connections all over the world to improve the delivery of healthcare by educating the healthcare community around the world to adopt new technologies and processes.He divested his companies and decided to do social good.He started out by forming the RFID in Healthcare Consortium which then led to the formation of the Intelligent Health Association because he realized that RFID and RTLS technologies were only tools that needed to be surrounded by other complementary technologies.They have an Alexa in Healthcare Consortium and other technology oriented alliances.IHA is focused on education. They are vendor neutral technology agnostic and the association is by invitation only.Similarities of Voice to the Early Stages of the Dotcom BoomVoice is similar to the Dotcom enterprises, but Voice is more consumer oriented because an individual doesn’t need a laptop or any knowledge about how the web works.Voice is going to be the next WWW.Getting involved with the Alexa ConferenceWhen he was approached by Bradley Metrock to contribute to the organization of the conference, he jumped on-board because his goal is always to help educate the community. They decided to create a track on healthcare and bring in real-world applications of voice.He will be doing a panel session where they will have both vendors and end-users talking about real-world application of voice.List of resources mentioned in this episode:Harry on LinkedinTeri's Live Broadcast at the Alexa ConferenceTeri's Live Workshop at the Alexa ConferenceOther Useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsReviews of top Alexa Skills in CanadaAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.caThe Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FMuse promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Niko Vuori (founder of Drivetime) joins host Bradley Metrock for a discussion of one of the most interesting business models in all of #VoiceFirst technology: voice-based games designed specifically for drivers. The discussion spans the company's recent fundraising round, whether studies exist that show Drivetime's core product makes sense, and Vuori's thoughts on the eventual arrival of autonomous vehicles. The Voice of the Car Summit is mentioned, which takes place Tuesday, April 9, in Mountain View, California. The VoiceFirst Roundtable is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

In this episode, Teri welcomes Bradley Metrock, the brains behind the VoiceFirst.FM network.Welcome Bradley Metrock!Bradley is the CEO of Score Publishing which runs the Digital Book World, The Alexa Conference, The Voice of Healthcare Summit, and the global podcast network VoiceFirst.FM. The Alexa Conference will be taking place between January 15 to 17th 2019 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The conference is a worldwide gathering of Alexa developers and enthusiasts.VoiceFirst.FMHas a number of podcasts across the world that people enjoy including the Alexa in Canada podcast.The podcasts have a total of more than 100,000 listeners across 56 countries.Top Stories of 2018Apple failed to be more competitive. Siri has made some strides but Apple is still flailing about at the end of 2018. New consumer habits are being formed on a daily basis and they don’t involve the Apple ecosystem, but instead involve the Amazon Alexa and Google ecosystem.Samsung rolled out their new developer tools and showed an entirely new paradigm for how development on a voice assistant will work for Bixby. This means Samsung is going to be fertile ground for third-party developers. They’re going to be a healthy competitor for Amazon and Google.Google Duplex came out over the not summer and it was so advanced that it shocked the market. It is more advanced in several significant ways than what Alexa can do at the moment.Amazon has had a good year. They have sold a huge amount of devices and they have had a steady drum beat of new features that have come out over the course of the year. They have entered into many new locations, not just the US.Research shows the use of voice assistants and smart speakers has reduced usage of the smartphone.Prediction: By December 2019, Samsung will be just as much a part of the conversion with activity around voice assistants like third party development and general growth, as Amazon and Google.Samsung is about to take a big leap. If they continue with their efforts, they are poised to challenge both Amazon and Google.There are features of the Samsung voice assistant ecosystem that don’t exist on the Alexa and Google Assistant ecosystems.Amazon has a huge lead, a huge install base for Echo devices, a hug developer community, and a huge community of evangelists.The Alexa ConferenceIt is the worldwide gathering of the Alexa development community.2019 is the 3rd year it’s taking place. It’s the first year that Amazon has supported the event as a platinum sponsor.There will be more than 500 people. There will be a lot of exhibitors showcasing products and services related to Alexa.It will be the first dedicated exhibit hall to Alexa dubbed “The Alexa World Fair”There will be an awards program called “The Alexa Awards”The overall goal of the conference is to gather together the Alexa development community as well as many other enthusiasts who include executives, marketers, developers and strategists.Legendary entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell will be co-presenting about his new company, X2 Games which is a game developer that is only creating games for Alexa. He will also talk about their new murder mystery game called St. Noire.Gimlet Media, a huge narrative fiction podcast company, will be there sharing how they have used smart speakers.Mayo Clinic will be there talking about how they have deployed voice technology in their organization.List of resources mentioned in this episode:The Alexa ConferenceVoice First FMVoice First EventsOther Useful resources:Voice in Canada: The Flash BriefingComplete List of Alexa CommandsReviews of top Alexa Skills in CanadaAlexa-Enabled and Controlled Devices in CanadaTeri Fisher on TwitterAlexa in Canada on TwitterAlexa in Canada Facebook PageAlexa in Canada Community Group on FacebookAlexa in Canada on InstagramPlease leave a review on iTunesShopping on Amazon.caThe Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FMuse promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Joining us on Publisher Nation is Kelly Lytle, Executive Producer of Findaway Voices. A fascinating discussion about audiobooks ensues, in which host Bradley Metrock asks Kelly who should, and shouldn't, produce audiobooks for their content, and what price audiobooks ought to have relative to their paperback and hardcover cousins. We look forward to Findaway joining us at Digital Book World 2018! Publisher Nation is hosted by Bradley Metrock, CEO Score Publishing, and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Bradley Metrock, CEO and Executive Producer of the Digital Book World Conference shares about the education, tools and technologies that publishers need to embrace as we move to a voice-first society, and how the print industry can strategically capitalize on this shift. Digital Book World Conference is Oct 2-4 in Nashville, TN.  https://www.digitalbookworld.com Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Bradley Metrock: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradleymetrock/ Digital Book World Conference: https://www.digitalbookworld.com/ Score Publishing: https://www.scorepublishing.us/ VoiceFirst.FM: https://www.voicefirst.fm/  

  Director of Deaf Ministries for Baptist International Outreach Interview starts at 12:12 and ends at 40:04 “If I'm getting a book that I'm independently loading on [to a Fire tablet] I tend to do it in the Google Play books and not the Kindle app, mainly because it's easier to put it on there. ” News “U.S. Trends in Arts Attendance and Literary Reading: 2002-2017” (PDF) - report by the National Endowment for the Arts “NEA Study Finds Small Dip in Adult Reading” by Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly - September 13, 2018 “How to Earn Up to $300,000 Delivering Packages for Amazon” by Zack Friedman at Forbes - September 12, 2018 Tech Tip Humble Bundle Interview with David Peach Digital Book World Digital Book World Hall of Fame Inductees Baptist International Outreach Digital Book World in Nashville October 2-4, 2018 The Daisy Consortium My interview with Bradley Metrock in December, 2017, on TKC 487 OverDrive Humble Bundle O'Reilly Media How to get Google Play on your Fire tablet (Amy Oztan at Laptopmag.com) Unclaimed Baggage Center David Peach's LearnSigns.com and Missionary Talks podcasts Content   Great on Kindle books Next Week's Guest Scott Pratt, author of An Innocent Client and other books in the Joe Dillard Series Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.

Joining us on the show is Rod Elder, EVP of Virtusales, which produces the wide-ranging Biblio software which powers so many publishers across the world. We look forward to them joining us at Digital Book World 2018! Publisher Nation is hosted by Bradley Metrock, CEO Score Publishing, and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Joining us on the show is Steve Breault, CTO of Scenarex, a company hard at work at applying blockchain concepts to publishing. We look forward to Scenarex joining us at Digital Book World 2018! Publisher Nation is hosted by Bradley Metrock, CEO Score Publishing, and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Joining us on the show is Josef Marc, CEO of Publica, which is working on unleashing the power of the blockchain to support publishers small and large across the world. We look forward to them joining us at Digital Book World 2018! Publisher Nation is hosted by Bradley Metrock, CEO Score Publishing, and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Publisher Nation returns after a long hiatus, supported by Digital Book World 2018 - the gathering of the wide world of publishing. We mourn the loss of co-host David Dunham, CEO of Grabbr, and phenomenal business and family man. Joining us on the show is Assaf Gad of Audioburst, an interesting company serving audio creators that has found many audiences, including the publishing industry. We look forward to them joining us at Digital Book World 2018! Publisher Nation is hosted by Bradley Metrock, CEO Score Publishing, and part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

In this episode, Teri welcomes Bradley Metrock, CEO of Score Publishing and the creator of the Voice of Healthcare Summit.Bradley Metrock is the man behind the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network, The Alexa Conference, and now the Voice of Healthcare Summit, and he joins me today to recap the 1st Voice of Healthcare Summit that took place on August 7, 2018 in Boston at the Martin Conference Center on the campus of Harvard Medical School.Key points about the Voice of Healthcare Summit from Bradley!Bradley, along with Dr. Matt Cybulsky, host the Voice of Healthcare Podcast. The voice of Healthcare Summit began as an extension of the podcast.There were 150 registered attendees for the inaugural pilot Voice of Healthcare Summit 2018.In an age of social media and the internet, it has never been more important to have physical, in person, live events for people to connect and collaborate.Some of the feedback for next year has been to create break-out sessions to focus on areas such as health and wellness, drug adherence, implementation in the OR, and others.Attendees came from many different companies, organizations, academic institutions, as well as healthcare providers.A report will be forthcoming on the results, key findings, and takeaways from the conference.The #VOHSummit18 hashtag had close to 1.5 million impressions on social media over the 24 hour period of the conference!Speakers covered many different areas, resulting in a very successful and engaging program, highlighted by the 2 keynote speakers: Rowena Track from Cigna and Ilana Shalowitz from Emmi.The same venue has been booked for a 2 day event in 2019: Aug 5-6, 2019. Next year’s event will be expanded to 2 days and include an exhibitor component as well.Links and Resources in this EpisodeBradley Metrock on TwitterVoice of Healthcare SummitVoice of Healthcare PodcastVoice First Health Podcast Interview with Keynote Speaker, Rowena TrackVoice First Health Podcast Interview with Keynote Speaker, Ilana ShalowitzDr. Teri Fisher on TwitterDr. Teri Fisher on LinkedInPlease leave a review on iTunesThe Alexa Conference, presented by VoiceFirst.FMuse promo code ALEXAINCANADA for 20% off See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

New Owner of Digital Book World Interview starts at 12:01 and ends at 43:50 “Everything with books orbits  discoverability. That's the billion-dollar problem. That's the problem that Apple has never figured out yet. That's the problem that Amazon has sort of figured out.” News Target dazzles me with service Rebranding Prime Mayday! Mayday! The end of a great customer help service. Tech Tip Alexa on your Apple Watch How to read PDF's on your Kindle Try “Alexa, play the podcast The Kindle Chronicles” Interview with Bradley Metrock Digital Book World VoiceFirst.FM and This Week in Voice “What to expect from the new Digital Book World” by PG at The Passive Voice - October 19, 2018 Alexa Skill Blueprints and Storyline SoundHound “Walt Mossberg to keynote Digital Book World 2018” - November 26, 2017 WTF? What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us by Tim O'Reilly Outro Thanks to Preston Edmands and Lindsay Babayan of Flyte New Media for the all-new design for my show notes page. And to Rich Brooks, Flyte's founder and president, who is helping me consider initiatives to grow the TKC audience. His excellent digital marketing podcast, Agents of Change, is a must if you are looking to expand your own reach via the Internet. Rich also convenes an annual Agents of Change conference in Portland, Maine, which I have attended regularly and I ways learn lots when I go. I think of it as a mini South By Southwest by the Sea, and this year it will be held on September 20th and 21st. Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads! Right-click here to download this episode as an mp3 file.

Show NotesThanks to voice industry podcast host Bradley Metrock (@bmetrock) for inspiring this week's episode via This Week In Voice.Millennial fanboy voice by Josh Schumacher (@jschumacher10).Homie & Lexy is written and produced by Doug Schumacherwww.dougschumacher.com/Allison Beda of A Muse Productions — script doctorwww.allisonbeda.com

Traveler, teller of tales, reviewer of eReaders Interview starts at 15:25 and ends at 41:53 “To be honest, I haven't met one person outside tech nerds like myself that use it [Kindle's X-Ray feature.] I very rarely use it. I kind of go ‘Let's see what this is about.” I think it takes away from the immersion of reading. If I'm interested in something I'll take a look at it later on, but during the reading process I don't really want to leave.” News Jeff Bezos interviewed in Berlin by Mathias Dopfner at Business Insider - April 28, 2018 The Post (2017) at Prime Video Personal History by Katharine Graham Tech Tip “Google's ‘Talk to Books' Might Have Just Changed Everything” by Bradley Metrock at Digital Book World - April 15, 2018 Talk to Books Content Amazon's new Prime Book Box program for young readers Interview with Séamus Bellamy Basic Kindle, Paperwhite, and Oasis Kobo Pocket Overdrive for Kobo ReMarkable tablet Seamus Bellamy articles at USA Today's Reviewed site, BoingBoing, Macworld and PCWorld Comments Click here for information about visiting Amazon's headquarters and the spheres in Seattle Next Week's Guest James Fallows and Deborah Fallows, authors of Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America, to be released on May 8, 2018 by Pantheon. (Note: this episode will be released on Wednesday to coincide with the book's release, instead of the usual episode upload on Friday.) Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

Episode 5 mit Bradley Metrock von VoiceFirst.FM – nach der Alexa Konferenz in Chattanooga (Tennessee), die er ausrichtet, haben wir uns nur eine Woche später auf dem Smart Voice Summit von smartly.ai in Paris getroffen. Wir sprechen in dieser Folge über die Erfahrungen, die wir auf diesen beiden Events gemacht haben. Darüber hinaus hat Bradley „Big News“ bzgl. seiner Konferenz. Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Bradley Metrock, the CEO of Score Publishing and a leader in the voice technology space, joins Teri to recap this year's Alexa Conference and to discuss the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network. Teri also makes 2 very special announcements!http://AlexaInCanada.ca/13 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Senior Vice President & Publisher at Open Road Integrated Media Interview starts at 11:28 and ends at 34:48 “No company in publishing right now is better aligned with Amazon in terms of our focus on the customer experience, in terms of our focus on eBooks and driving growth in eBooks.” News Amazon Go video “Amazon Go: convenience and concern at new checkout-free corner shop” by Mark Harris at The Guardian - January 22, 2018 Amazon's listing of 42 Amazon Go jobs open “Amazon Go draws crowds” by Matt Day at The Seattle Times - January 22, 2018 “Here's what it's like to shop at Seattle's Amazon Go cashierless convenience store” by Christine Clarridge at The Seattle Times - January 22, 2018 “The Amazon Go store - techy-cool or creepy-weird?” by Elizabeth Weise at USA Today - January 26, 2018 “Amazon's Checkout-Free Store Makes Shopping Feel Like Shoplifting” by Jake Bullinger at The Atlantic - January 24, 2018 “New Walmart Partnership Brings Retailer into the E-Book Game” by John Maher at Publishers Weekly - January 26, 2018 “Apple's Getting Back Into the E-Book Fight Against Amazon” by Mark Gurman at Bloomberg - January 25, 2018 “Apple's iBooks Director at Digital Book World: Liveblog” at The Kindle Chronicles - June, 2015 “Thoughts on Apple Books” by Bradley Metrock at Digital Book World - January 25, 2018 Tech Tips “Has Blocking text-to-speech access ended?” by Bufo Calvin at I Love My Kindle - November 28, 2017 Suzanne Skyvara's Notes & Highlights for Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio - Goodreads Interview with Jon Fine Open Road Integrated Media “Jon Fine Joins Open Road Integrated Media as SVP and Publisher” - press release October 27, 2017 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Open Road's Early Bird Books email newsletter The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage (Book of Dust, Volume 1) by Philip Pullman Agatha Christie mysteries published by Open Road Content Summer Doorways: A Memoir by W. S. Merwin “The Durrells in Corfu” PBS series Comments Greg Montague's “A Good App Gone Bad” thread at Goodreads Audiobooks Group Recommended by Eolake Stobblehouse: Terry Pratchett's Discworld series “Where do you get your story ideas? - Life Expectancy” by Dean Koontz Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz The Blacklist, an original Netflix series The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition by Fernando Pessoa, translated by Margaret Jull Costa (recommended by Jean Remple) Next Week's Guest Meg Gardiner, a novelist whose next thriller, Into the Black Nowhere, will be released on January 30th by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

This Week In Voice returns with a look at stories coming out of CES, as well as a preview of The Alexa Conference, coming up Jan 18-20 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Special guests include Tim Kahle and Dominik Meissner of Germany's 169 Labs. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

CEO of Score Publishing, producer of Digital Book World 2018 Interview starts at 15:44 and ends at 43:43 “The Echo Show is an incredible glimpse into the future, because the future is going to be words come out of your mouth, and that's how you engage the computer rather than typing on a QWERTY keyboard or moving a mouse.” News “Amid Takeover Talk, Barnes & Noble Posts $30 million Q2 Loss, Stock Sheds 10%” by Jonathan Ponciano at Forbes - November 30, 2017 “B&N Has Disappointing Second Quarter” by Jim Milliot at Publishers Weekly - November 1, 2017 “Barnes & Noble's sales hit by the curse of Harry Potter” by the AP - December 1, 2017 “To save itself, Barnes & Noble is pivoting to books” by Thu-Huong Ha at Quartz - November 30, 2017 “Why Barnes & Noble Wants Smaller Stores” by Phil Wahba at Fortune - November 30, 2017 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling “No takeover for Barnes and Noble after that earnings bomb” at Yahoo Finance - November 30, 2017 “4 Reasons Barnes and Noble Failed the Nook” by Jessie Nuez at Babble - 2013 “Amazon's Alexa heads to the workplace” by Dave Lee at BBC - November 30, 2017 Interview with Bradley Metrock Score Publishing Digital Book World Alexa Conference - Keynote by Ahmed Bouzid, CEO Witlingo (and original head of product for Amazon's Alexa and Connected Homes initiative) Tellables, Earplay (TKC interview with CEO Jon Myers in November, 2016), and Novel Effect VoiceFirst.FM AWS Reinvent Tim O'Reilly's Tools of Change conference Author Earnings (Hugh Howey and Data Guy) Apple's iBooks Author WTF?: What's the Future and Why It's Up To Us by Tim O'Reilly Outro Music: “Happiness (in F major) by Bradley Metrock on Mountain Radio Silence, used with permission Music for my podcast is from an original Thelonius Monk composition named "Well, You Needn't." This version is "Ra-Monk" by Eval Manigat on the "Variations in Time: A Jazz Perspective" CD by Public Transit Recording" CD. Please Join the Kindle Chronicles group at Goodreads!

Editor and publisher of voice technology / AI news and commentary website Voicebot.ai Bret Kinsella is the sole guest on this week of This Week In Voice, as he and host Bradley Metrock discuss the growth of smart speaker sales in FY17, Amazon's Echo hardware being sold in Kohl's retail stores, Samsung's Bixby and Alibaba's Tmall Genie, and even a discussion on whether Apple's HomePod can be competitive in the marketplace, and Bret Kinsella's favorite thing Amazon has done in voice technology so far this year. It's a can't-miss episode. This Week In Voice is hosted by Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) and is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Co-hosts Bradley Metrock and Kevin Old discuss Alexa's new developments (Echo Show, Echo Look) and chat with guest Octavio Menocal (RAIN Agency, based in Nicaragua) on what it was like to be Amazon's first 'preferred' Alexa developer.

This episode features an interview with Bradley Metrock of The Score.  The guys discuss The Last of Us and the Xbox 180.

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