voice activation

A voice-user interface makes spoken human interaction with computers possible, using speech recognition to understand spoken commands and answer questions, and typically text to speech to play a reply. A voice command device is a device controlled with a voice user interface.

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Google Adds Target To Its Voice-Activated Ecosystem
Google Adds Target To Its Voice-Activated Ecosystem
October 12, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Aiming to compete better with the likes of Amazon and Walmart, Target announced news on Thursday (Oct. 12) of a new partnership with Google in...

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Alexa Can Recognize Multiple Voices
Alexa Can Recognize Multiple Voices
October 12, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon’s Alexa now offers voice recognition that can tell the difference between family members’ voices. Users can set up voice recognition using the Echo, Echo...

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Who’ll Rule The Future Of Commerce?
Who’ll Rule The Future Of Commerce?
October 09, 2017  |  Commerce

Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old. The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand...

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Bridging Speech and Loyalty with Voice Activated Rewards
Bridging Speech and Loyalty with Voice Activated Rewards
September 19, 2017  |  Tech Center

The voice-activated assistant is gaining currency with consumers. Use of the devices is growing like gangbusters. Research from eMarketer shows that as many as 35 million...

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How Retailers Can Manage The Coming Voice Disruption
How Retailers Can Manage The Coming Voice Disruption
September 18, 2017  |  News

Think back just five years ago. In 2012, we were five years into the smartphone revolution, and most people thought we were crazy writing about...

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Smarter Homes And Offices
Smarter Homes And Offices
September 15, 2017  |  Voice Activation

OK, Google. Listen up, Alexa. Playtime’s over. It’s time to step outside the smart home and begin to build the smart office. The same tools...

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The Money-Mover That’s A Money-Mentor, Too
The Money-Mover That’s A Money-Mentor, Too
September 15, 2017  |  Innovation

“Can I afford a Tesla? If not, can you help me save for one?” These questions were once reserved for financial advisers. Technically they’re still...

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Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Empathy
Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Empathy
August 18, 2017  |  Voice Activation

Paging Dr. Alexa: How are you feeling? It may not be long before virtual, voice-controlled assistants can tell and answer accordingly. Mattersight VP of Product...

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Welcome To Alexa City
Welcome To Alexa City
August 11, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon’s Alexa is overqualified for ordering a pizza or a Lyft, so a few pioneering cities are putting her to work on more complex and...

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