In this episode, Roger talks with KQED's Senior Producer of Voice and AI, Lowell Robinson. Lowell and KQED have been very innovative with voice and have explored the interaction between humans and machines in depth. Lowell discusses KQED innovations, the challenges of voice,  and philosophically about man-machine interactions.

Links from the Show

• KQED - www.kqed.org
• The Voicebot Chronicles Skill - www.amazon.com/VoiceBot-Chronicles-KQED-Interactive/dp/B08433THZY
• Human or Machine Skill - https://www.amazon.com/KQED-Human-or-Machine/dp/B09SR98HY6

Keeping in Touch

• Lowell on LinkedIn- www.linkedin.com/in/lowellrobinson/
• Lowell on Twitter -  @lowellr

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace and Bixby devices, including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/

In this episode, Roger talks with entrepreneur Michael Novak. Michael and Roger discuss Michael's history with voice, his work with the Open Voice Network, voice and privacy, and  where and how Web3 and  the metaverse intersect with voice. As always Roger asks his guest to give his voice predictions at the end!

Keeping in Touch

• Michael on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/iotmichaelnovak
• Michael on Twitter - @MisterNova

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/

In this episode, Roger talks with his colleague at Samsung, Prasad Sethumadhavan. Prasad has had a career working with Microsoft Cortana, Amazon Alexa, and Samsung Bixby as well as earlier voice assistants like TellMe. Roger and Prasad discuss the state of voice, what is working and what isn't and why, and the future of voice.

Roger and Prasad discuss:

• Prasad's background
• TellMe - the "OG" telephone-based phone assistant
• B2B and B2C voice and how B2B is hot in voice now
• Voice Commerce
• Viv Labs and its next-gen voice platform
• Where Bixby was and is
• Voice and IOT devices/Smarthome
• How a virtual version of a human assistant is the ultimate goal
• The infamous Knowledge Navigator demo and how close we are
• Challenges with voice, discoverability, NLU needs, etc
• Web, mobile, and voice
• Prasad's hidden gem
• Prasad's 2022 and 10-year predictions

Keeping in Touch

• Prasad on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/prasadsethumadhavan

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
www.linkedin.com/in/rkibbe

Episodes
All Bixby Developers Chat Episodes are available on your favorite podcast player and at:
bixbydev.buzzsprout.com

More about Bixby
Samsung Bixby is a next-generation, AI platform that enables developers to build rich voice and conversational AI experiences for the Bixby Marketplace, and Bixby devices including phones, watches, televisions, smart appliances, and more.
Bixby Developers Homepage - https://bixbydevelopers.com/
Bixby Developers Github - https://github.com/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/bixbydevelopers
Bixby Developers Twitter - twitter.com/BixbyDevelopers
Bixby Developers Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BixbyDevelopers/