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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Keeping up With the Connected Joneses
Keeping up With the Connected Joneses
October 07, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Another day. Another dollar. Another item in your Amazon cart to avoid a trek to your local big box store. Another voice command to “Dim...

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What 2014 Teaches Us About the Future of Payments and the Digital Economy
What 2014 Teaches Us About the Future of Payments and the Digital Economy
October 03, 2022  |  Connected Economy

In 1963, Nobel-prize winning physicist Dennis Gabor wrote that the future can’t be predicted, but it can be invented. Gabor, who won the Nobel for...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Peloton Teams With Dick’s to Find New Members
Today in the Connected Economy: Peloton Teams With Dick’s to Find New Members
September 29, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Peloton partners with Dick’s Sporting Goods in an effort to fuel new sales and memberships ahead of the holidays. Plus,...

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Alexa Becomes a Shopper’s Virtual Stylist With New Echo Smart Screen
Alexa Becomes a Shopper’s Virtual Stylist With New Echo Smart Screen
September 29, 2022  |  Amazon Technology

In a move aimed at connecting voice-powered shopping, entertainment and information systems via a bigger touch screen, Amazon’s latest wall-mounted iteration of its Echo device...

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Amazon Beefs Up Tech Stable and Digital Ecosystem Ahead of Holiday Sales Event
Amazon Beefs Up Tech Stable and Digital Ecosystem Ahead of Holiday Sales Event
September 28, 2022  |  Amazon

In a flurry of announcements ahead of its upcoming Prime Early Access Sale, eCommerce giant Amazon made clear that its second sales event of the...

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Amazon Accelerate Showcases Buy With Prime, Alexa Integrations
Amazon Accelerate Showcases Buy With Prime, Alexa Integrations
September 14, 2022  |  Amazon

The annual Amazon Accelerate event for independent sellers on the platform taking place in Seattle Wednesday (Sept. 14) and Thursday (Sept. 15) is turning into...

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Despite Digital Advances, 42% of Diners Continue to Call in Orders
Despite Digital Advances, 42% of Diners Continue to Call in Orders
August 26, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

Calling in via phone may not be the speediest or most efficient way of placing a restaurant order, but for many consumers, it is still...

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Understaffed Restaurants Turn to Robo-Voice Assistants to Take Orders
Understaffed Restaurants Turn to Robo-Voice Assistants to Take Orders
August 24, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

The staff at Danny Meyer’s New York City restaurants may soon include robo-voice assistants. On Tuesday (Aug. 23), ConverseNow, a company that offers artificial intelligence...

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Voice Assistants Will Open a New Front in Online Grocery Wars
Voice Assistants Will Open a New Front in Online Grocery Wars
July 08, 2022  |  Voice Activation

Home is where the heart is — and home is where there will be a new, digital and audible front in the war over grocery...

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