Voice-first in Sweden

Johan Östrand
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Voice-first in Sweden Podcast

Welcome to voice-first in Sweden. Using our voice is the most natural way for us to communicate. So with voice-first, we are entering an era where technology can truly help us on our own terms. We don’t have to cramp our fingers on QWERTY keyboards, we can just speak our mind, have our own Star Trek “computer”. This podcast will with appetite and curiosity dig into the research, development, strategies, and business of the voice industry and interview its leaders. Follow the early days of voice technology as it develops in Sweden. Hosted by: Johan Östrand.

Episodes

  1. E5 Gabriel Skantze - Professor in Speech Technology with a specialization in Conversational Systems at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Furhat

    14/03/2020

    E5 Gabriel Skantze - Professor in Speech Technology with a specialization in Conversational Systems at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Furhat

    100% Corona free episode. Gabriel explains the background of the massive growth of the voice assistant industry since the first breakthrough in 2011.  We talk about how far today's assistants are from the vision from Google and Amazon executives of "Computer" in Star Trek. Also the implication of assistants as Google Duplex passing the Turing test and what this will mean to our relationship to machines. This and much more in episode 5 of Voice-first in Sweden. Don't miss! Photo: In the background, the worlds first speech synthesis machine "Ove" developed by Gunnar Fant, founder of the  Division of Speech, Music, and Hearing (TMH) at KTH.

    44 min
  2. E4 Tomas Granryd - Head of Voice at Swedish radio, SR

    09/02/2020

    E4 Tomas Granryd - Head of Voice at Swedish radio, SR

    With over 400 podcasts and being the largest live radio provider in the country, Swedish radio has vast audio content and for them, voice is a real disrupter. Tomas Granryd, head of voice and the chairman of the European voice corporation VOX is a pioneer in the space. In this episode, he shares SR journey in voice as well as looking into the future. He also explains the framework SR use called the three A’s, Availability, Augmented and Adapted. An episode packed with learnings. Don´t miss it!

    47 min
  3. E3 Mattias Falkendal - Founder | CEO at Talking to me - Voice Design Agency

    28/01/2020

    E3 Mattias Falkendal - Founder | CEO at Talking to me - Voice Design Agency

    Voice 101. With more than 20 yrs in the Internet and marketing industry, Mattias gives a solid intro on how to get started in the voice space. As the first Voice agency in the Nordics Talking to me have a unique insight into what is going on in the small but growing Swedish voice industry. Check it out!

    46 min
  4. E2 Joakim Jardenberg - Senior adviser and global speaker

    19/01/2020

    E2 Joakim Jardenberg - Senior adviser and global speaker

    Joakim Jardenberg gives his opinion on privacy and the need to share your data to fully reap the benefits from voice assistants. The differences and similarities between the past digital interfaces and voice-first. With voice, there is no "open Internet" and as a user and organization, you always need to go through an intermediary, Joakim elaborates about the risk with that Walled Garden.  Joakim also gives his view on how voice is a disruptor for the big tech. And much more. Check it out! Shownotes Jardenberg's excellent daily micro podcast on all things Internet (in Swedish)  En sak idag: A good podcast about sound 20 000hz Source on 63% finds connected devices "Creepy" Source on Third connected age Brain to Computer Interface, series of articles on the subject Guide on FAQ Google Markup Source on patent from Google Source on Gartner 30% screenless browsing in 2020 A definition on Walled garden

    33 min
  5. E1 Ida Josefsson - Head of channel strategy and innovation at SJ, Swedish Train Operators

    12/01/2020

    E1 Ida Josefsson - Head of channel strategy and innovation at SJ, Swedish Train Operators

    Ida Josefsson - Head of channel strategy and innovation at SJ, Swedish Train Operators. Ida gives her best tips on how to get started in Voice. Learnings from the first +1 year, the challenges with UX within Voice and she reveals the SJ’s assistant name and much more.

    34 min
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Welcome to voice-first in Sweden. Using our voice is the most natural way for us to communicate. So with voice-first, we are entering an era where technology can truly help us on our own terms. We don’t have to cramp our fingers on QWERTY keyboards, we can just speak our mind, have our own Star Trek “computer”. This podcast will with appetite and curiosity dig into the research, development, strategies, and business of the voice industry and interview its leaders. Follow the early days of voice technology as it develops in Sweden. Hosted by: Johan Östrand.

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  • Creator
    Johan Östrand
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Johan Östrand
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    Voice-first in Sweden

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