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| 31.10.2022 | RAIN Technology Secures Series B Funding – Poised To Disrupt Deskless Workforce Sectors With Voice Solutions | By: Christos Makridis |
| 18.05.2022 | What to know about Instacart’s IPO | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
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| 13.05.2022 | Rain nabs $11M to build voice products | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The shift to working from home during the pandemic has changed workers’ technology habits, including — the data would suggest — where i... |
| 22.01.2021 | RAIN’s Nithya Thadani On The Future Of Voice Tech, Raising $3 Million In Series A, And Building The Next Generation Of Deskless Workforce Productivity Tools | Nithya Thadani is CEO of RAIN, go-to voice tech partner to many leading Fortune 500 companiesRAIN |
| 17.01.2021 | 2021 Voice AI Predictions Part 1 with Thadani, Tingiris, Stapleton, and Fields – Voicebot Podcast Ep 188 | 2021 Voice AI Predictions Part 1 with Thadani, Tingiris, Stapleton, and Fields – Voicebot Podcast Ep 188
Bret Kinsella on January 17, 2021 at 10:37 pm
On January 1st, we published over 100 predictions from 50 industry leaders. We go a littl... |
| 01.01.2021 | Over 100 Voice AI Predictions for 2021 from 50 Industry Leaders | Over 100 Voice AI Predictions for 2021 from 50 Industry Leaders
Bret Kinsella on January 1, 2021 at 11:00 am
This represents our fifth annual Voice AI predictions article and there is no question it is the most interesting and insightful to... |
| 22.12.2020 | Conversational AI Agency RAIN Closes $3M Funding Round | Conversational AI Agency RAIN Closes $3M Funding Round
Eric Hal Schwartz on December 22, 2020 at 6:00 am
Voice AI agency RAIN has raised $3 million in a Series A funding round led by Stanley Ventures, the investor branch of Stanley Black &a... |
| 15.02.2020 | From eyes to ears: Welcome to technology’s sensory shift | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
“Close your eyes, listen to my voice.” That’s wha... |
| 15.02.2020 | From eyes to ears: Welcome to technology’s sensory shift | “Close your eyes, listen to my voice.” That’s what a meditation coach says to a beginner of guided meditation. When we need to focus, we turn off our visual input, and let our minds do the work.
Sensory inhibition can liberate our minds in ... |
| 29.09.2019 | How to get your brand ready for voice search | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Five years ago, former Chief Scientist at Baidu, ... |
| 29.09.2019 | How to get your brand ready for voice search | Five years ago, former Chief Scientist at Baidu, Andrew Ng, predicted that by 2020, 50 percent of all searches are going to be through images or speech. This statistic has been widely misrepresented in the tech press, as Ng was only referri... |
| 06.05.2019 | The 2019 Webby Award Winning Voice Applications | The 2019 Webby Award Winning Voice Applications
Maddie Iribarren on May 6, 2019 at 4:37 pm
Image Credit: The Webby Awards
Last month Voicebot reported on the 2019 Webby Award’s inclusion of ten new categories just for voice assistant applic... |
| 04.05.2019 | Monetizing the Commute: How Voice is Poised to Capture Driver Attention and Wallet-Share | Monetizing the Commute: How Voice is Poised to Capture Driver Attention and Wallet-Share
Eric Turkington on May 4, 2019 at 9:00 am
Image Credit: RAIN
What’s the value of 52 minutes of captive attention? That’s the average round-trip time th... |
| 01.01.2019 | 2019 Predictions From 35 Voice Industry Leaders | 2019 Predictions From 35 Voice Industry Leaders
Bret Kinsella on January 1, 2019 at 8:11 pm
Our list of 2019 predictions for the voice industry was contributed by 35 Voice Insider readers. One email was sent out and the responses are below,... |
| 13.12.2018 | Consumers Want Understanding Over Personality from Voice Assistants, Games Aren’t on Their Radar – New Data | Consumers Want Understanding Over Personality from Voice Assistants, Games Aren’t on Their Radar – New Data
Bret Kinsella on December 13, 2018 at 10:21 pm
A survey of U.S. adults revealed that “How well it understands me…” is the most impor... |
| 10.12.2018 | Oren Jacob and Greg Hedges Discuss Voice Assistant Adoption Beyond the Smart Speaker – Voicebot Podcast Ep 73 | Oren Jacob and Greg Hedges Discuss Voice Assistant Adoption Beyond the Smart Speaker – Voicebot Podcast Ep 73
Bret Kinsella on December 10, 2018 at 12:52 pm
Oren Jacob is CEO and founder of PullString and Greg Hedges is Vice President of Em... |
| 14.11.2018 | Information and Communication Tasks Beat Out Entertainment for Voice Assistant Use Cases on Smartphones | Information and Communication Tasks Beat Out Entertainment for Voice Assistant Use Cases on Smartphones
Bret Kinsella on November 14, 2018 at 1:49 pm
Voicbot’s Voice Assistant Consumer Adoption Report 2018 developed in collaboration with Pu... |
| 13.11.2018 | New Report: Over 1 Billion Devices Provide Voice Assistant Access Today and Highest Usage is on Smartphones | New Report: Over 1 Billion Devices Provide Voice Assistant Access Today and Highest Usage is on Smartphones
Bret Kinsella on November 13, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Over one billion devices provide voice assistant access today; leading the pack are Go... |
| 12.09.2018 | Amazon Maintains Smart Speaker Market Share Lead, Apple Rises Slightly to 4.5% | Amazon Maintains Smart Speaker Market Share Lead, Apple Rises Slightly to 4.5%
Bret Kinsella on September 12, 2018 at 11:05 am
A national survey of 1,040 U.S. adults earlier this month commissioned by Voicebot, RAIN and PullString shows tha... |
| 16.06.2018 | The Voice Assistant’s Worst Skill — Discoverability | The Voice Assistant’s Worst Skill — Discoverability
Greg Hedges on June 16, 2018 at 9:00 am
OK Google, something’s up. Alexa, we have a problem.
With a myriad of Alexa skills (over 35,000 at the time of writing) and Google touting somewhere... |
| 10.05.2018 | Google I/O announcements suggest a voice-forward, not voice-only, future | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
At this year’s annual I/O developer conference, G... |
| 02.05.2018 | Cooking, Multitasking and Television Top the List of Voice Assistant Activity Pairings | Cooking, Multitasking and Television Top the List of Voice Assistant Activity Pairings
Bret Kinsella on May 2, 2018 at 8:48 am
There is some solid survey data on the most common voice assistant use cases employed by consumers. These use cas... |
| 23.04.2018 | Alexa Developer Panel with Octavio Menocal and Eric Olson – Voicebot Podcast Episode 39 | Alexa Developer Panel with Octavio Menocal and Eric Olson – Voicebot Podcast Episode 39
Bret Kinsella on April 23, 2018 at 12:35 pm
Amazon has added a lot of features to Alexa Skills Kit over the past year. Voicebot asked two of the most ex... |
| 21.03.2018 | Data Breakdown, How Consumers Use Smart Speakers Today | Data Breakdown, How Consumers Use Smart Speakers Today
Bret Kinsella on March 21, 2018 at 7:31 am
One of the core objectives of the Smart Speaker Consumer Adoption Report 2018 was to determine what use cases consumers had tried on the devic... |
| 19.03.2018 | Smart Speaker Adoption Data Review, PullString and RAIN Weigh In – Voicebot Podcast Ep 34 | Smart Speaker Adoption Data Review, PullString and RAIN Weigh In – Voicebot Podcast Ep 34
Bret Kinsella on March 19, 2018 at 11:36 am
Voicebot, PullString and RAIN Agency collaborated on the Smart Speaker Consumer Adoption Report 2018. Toda... |
| 14.03.2018 | Voice Shopping is Monthly Habit for 11.5% of Smart Speaker Owners | Voice Shopping is Monthly Habit for 11.5% of Smart Speaker Owners
Bret Kinsella on March 14, 2018 at 10:05 am
When Voicebot collaborated with PullString and RAIN Agency to assess consumer adoption of smart speakers, a key focus was to under... |
| 09.03.2018 | Google Assistant Apps Now Support Digital Purchases, Notifications, Media Playback and More | Google Assistant Apps Now Support Digital Purchases, Notifications, Media Playback and More
Bret Kinsella on March 9, 2018 at 5:30 pm
Google Assistant apps now can take advantage of several new features announced today including digital pur... |
| 07.03.2018 | New Voicebot Report Says Nearly 20% of U.S. Adults Have Smart Speakers | New Voicebot Report Says Nearly 20% of U.S. Adults Have Smart Speakers
Bret Kinsella on March 7, 2018 at 9:30 am
Voicebot collaborated with PullString and RAIN Agency to conduct an in-depth national survey of 1,057 U.S. adults to find out m... |
| 21.02.2018 | Ministry of Supply Launches Alexa-Enabled Jacket on Kickstarter | Ministry of Supply Launches Alexa-Enabled Jacket on Kickstarter
Ava Mutchler on February 21, 2018 at 4:35 pm
Amazon Alexa is truly being integrated into everything. Even apparel. Today, performance apparel company Ministry of Supply launche... |
| 29.01.2018 | Voicebot Podcast Episode 27 – Steven Hansen CTO of RAIN Agency | Voicebot Podcast Episode 27 – Steven Hansen CTO of RAIN Agency
Bret Kinsella on January 29, 2018 at 3:39 pm
Steven Hansen is the CTO of RAIN Agency. RAIN is well known for its more than 30 Alexa skills launched for high profile brands rangi... |
| 20.12.2017 | 2018 Voice Assistant Predictions from 20 Innovators | 2018 Voice Assistant Predictions from 20 Innovators
Bret Kinsella on December 20, 2017 at 12:33 pm
Voicebot reached out to 20 innovators working with voice assistant and AI technologies to get their predictions for 2018. The predictions ran... |
| 14.12.2017 | What RAIN Learned from 30 Alexa Skill Launches | What RAIN Learned from 30 Alexa Skill Launches
Bret Kinsella on December 14, 2017 at 11:51 am
RAIN is a digital consultancy with offices in New York, Utah and Nicaragua and was one of the earliest developers on the Alexa platform. Greg Hedg... |
| 01.05.2017 | 3 ways AI is about to change your business | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
AI is dominating headlines, though the stories sw... |
| 20.02.2017 | Want To Access Amazon Alexa On Your Mac, iPhone, Or iPad? Here’s How | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 20 February 2017, 05:02 am
Developers from Rain, a U.S. digital consultancy, have made Reverb, an app that essentially turns an iPhone, iPad, or a Mac into a third-party Amazon Alexa access point. Alexa On Your Mac,... |
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| - | Smart speakers are everywhere - and they're listening to more than you think | Smart speakers equipped with digital voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa are now the fastest-growing consumer technology since the smartphone.
Nearly 100 million were sold in 2018 alone, a threefold increase on the year before. And nowh... |
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