Voice Assistants

• [New] Australia will continue to be a strong voice for a technology-focused approach and for countries to work together to drive down the cost of low-emissions technologies, rather than acting combatively through protectionist measures. / The Guardian
• [New] The voice and speech recognition tech market is anticipated to be worth $31.82 billion by 2025, driven by new applications in the banking, health care, and automotive industries. / VentureBeat
• [New] Microsoft is adding voice capabilities to its Outlook mobile app that will let people write emails, schedule meetings, and search using their voice. / The Verge
• [New] With the growing adoption of voice technology in enterprise and consumer solutions, the larger voice and recognition market is expected to grow at a 17.2% compound annualized rate to reach $26.8 billion by 2025. / SwissCognitive - The Global AI Hub
• [New] More broadly, in AI, data does equate to representation - so now there's a billion-word nicely filtered dataset of Danish words available, we can expect more groups to train more Danish language models, translation models, and so on. / Import AI
• [New] Following the passage of a sweeping national security law last year, pro-democracy voices in Hong Kong fear that their rights and freedoms are being slowly taken away. / NBC News
• [New] Some steps taken by the Slovenian government in recent months risk undermining the ability of independent voices to speak freely. / ABC News
• [New] The new TTS system is highly flexible and will play a role in creating new voice applications across Facebook's products that sound more realistic and natural, including voice functions for VR and reading assistance. / Facebook AI
• [New] Eight DSW Youth Champions will be using their voices in 2021 to make sure the EU's external action effectively responds to young people's needs, particularly in the field of global health and sexual and reproductive health and rights. / DSW is a global development organisation
• [New] The combination of better process tools with AI will support the next level of abstraction for natural language processing, one of Google's strong suits. / VentureBeat
• Once fully implemented, people across Canada will have bilingual access to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, crisis support using the technology of their choice: voice, text, or online chat. / BUDGET2017
• Medtech companies with concerns about the regulatory future of their industry in Europe have many opportunities to make their voices heard. / MedTech Intelligence
• Benefits of integrating chatbots into your mobile marketing strategy By 2024, the chatbot market is expected to rise to $1.3bn (£920m). / Mobile Marketing 2017
• The Meizu smartwatch is expected to be equipped with Qualcomm Wear 4100 flagship chip, supporting eSIM independent networking, independent system, independent applications, independent calls with cell phone level features with intelligent voice assistant and Lipro home control features. / CnTechPost
• With the rise in popularity of digital assistants like Alexa and Google homes, we will see greater demand for ASR (Automated Speech Recognition) and NPL (Natural Language Processing). / Remote Work Tips, Meeting Productivity, and A Lot More | Fireflies Blog
• Text IQ leverages the latest in unsupervised machine learning, graphical modeling, social network analysis, natural language processing and deep learning to create AI solutions for the world's largest enterprises to manage and mitigate risks in enterprise data. / PR Newswire
• The United States will support voices that take concrete steps to increase transparency, accountability, and shared prosperity, regardless of political affiliation. / CSIS
• Accenture Labs demonstrated Automotive Voice Command, a Loihi-based experiment that could bring voice, gesture, and contextual intelligence command capabilities to vehicles without draining batteries. / HPE
• Voice recognition software is becoming more accurate and more people than ever are buying voice speakers like Amazon's Alexa or Google Home, with 75% of US homes expected to own one by 2025. / SmartOSC
• New product development and incorporation of advanced / touchless technologies are the key strategies that a majority of the industry players are expected to adopt to expand their customer base over the next few years. / grandviewresearch
• Falcon Complete CrowdStrike Falcon Complete delivers cloud-native endpoint protection to federal agencies that prevents threats, detects suspicious activity and responds to incidents - all in real time, no matter where your users or devices are. / sfye2021
• By 2022, 70% of customer interactions will involve emerging technologies such as chatbots - an increase of 15% from 2018. / VentureBeat

Last updated: 13 June 2021