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As we celebrate 1 year of VUX World, we wanted to say thank you, each and every one of you, for listening week in week out and for being a part of this journey. Here's to the next 100! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we take a deep dive into the creation of the world's first voice-first interactive documentary: Hidden Cities Berlin for Google Assistant. The action is part of a collaboration between Google and the Financial Times and was created by Rosina Sound and Reduced Listening. We're joined by the people behind the action, founder of Ronsina sound, Nicky Birch; interactive and immersive p...

This week, we're chatting to the ex-Lego frontier-seeking, Vixen Labs-venturing, Voice2 fire-starting, voice-first-feasting James Poulter about how brands can, could and should approach voice. As the ex-Head of Emerging Platforms at Lego Group, James led Lego through their first foray into voice with the creation and launch of the Lego Duplo experience on Alexa. He also founded the Voice2 Wha...

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/_M0yaIYo3Ag Here's a full blueprint for a voice design workshop. It shows you, from beginning to end, the process to go through to design world class Alexa skills. If you're an agency trying to help brands build Alexa skills or voice apps, you can use this template to go through the VUX design process. If you're a brand, you can use this to do the same with your...

This week, Dustin and I are joined by Tellables co-founder, Amy Stapleton, to discuss storytelling through Alexa and the design challenges that come with that. By the end of this podcast, you'll: Be familiar with situational design Gain insight into designing with Amazon Polly Learn about complex interaction models See how you can use metaphors to helps users navigate (in this case, a box of choco...

Today, we're discussing why you should separate voice app content from your code and logic with Jargon founders, Milkana Brace (CEO) and Jonathan Burstein (CTO). Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio Jargon Separating content from code is a practice that not only makes it easier to manage your VUX in general, but also paves the...

For the first episode of 2019, Dustin and I chat to long time fan of the show, hardcore Wu-Tang fan and resident UX research expert at AnswerLab, Chris Geison, about the ins and outs of UX research for voice. As Principle UX Researcher at AnswerLab, Chris and his colleagues work with Fortune 100 companies like Google, Amazon and Facebook, specialising in helping them learn how people use technolog...

Merry Christmas VUX World fans, today we're diving deep into dialogue design and discussing some of the nuances and details you need to think about to craft compelling and frictionless dialogue in your voice experiences, with Rebecca Evanhoe. We're also taking a look back through 2018 and discussing our favourite events, skills, actions and devices, as well as looking forward to what's in store fo...

This week, we're joined by VAICE co-founder, Sina Kahen to discuss the importance of emotional intelligence and how you can design EQ into your voice experiences using the 6 'First date' principles. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio Our guest Sina Kahen is an Imperial College MBA student working in the biotechnology and voi...

On this week's Rundown, we're catching up to run through  AWS re:Invent , Amazon's biggest event of the year, and discuss everything voice-related that occurred. We'll also weave in some of the latest news happenings and analyse the implications and opportunities for the industry. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio Link...

This week, we're speaking with Jon Chu, COO, Jetson AI, all about the Jetson platform and voice shopping and ordering in the restaurant, retail and hospitality space. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio Links Visit the  Jetson.ai website Follow Jetson on  Instagram and  Twitter Connect with  Jon on LinkedI...

Today, we're joined by Ammi Systems CEO, Stephen Milner, and CTO, Marcus Finlay, to discuss voice in the enterprise and how their new voice assistant, Uma, is set to revolutionise productivity at work. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio Voice in the enterprise This episode advanced on some of the concepts we discussed with&n...

We're honoured to be joined by Paul Jackson, Senior Designer at the BBC, to discuss how the Beeb are approaching VUI design, with a particular focus on designing Alexa Skills for kids. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio VUI design for kids The BBC is killing it in voice right now. It's one of the only companies with a full i...

Samsung has opened up Bixby to developers, so we've rounded up two Samsung Bixby Developer Experts, Bob Stalzberg and Roger Kibbe, to get to the heart of what this means for the voice community. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio Links Follow  Bob on Twitter Follow  VoiceXP on Twitter Visit the  VoiceXP websit...

Discussing the latest insights and research in voice SEO and showing you how you can get discovered on Google Assistant, with the MD of Rabbit and Pork, John Campbell. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio Voice SEO Voice SEO is a roaring-hot topic. All the top marketing and business publications have been writing about the imp...

This week, Dustin Coates and I discuss the importance of sound design in voice experiences with the founder of Man Made Music, Joel Beckerman. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio Sound design for voice experiences Man Made Music were voted the third most innovative company in music, behind Apple and Spotify. Its founder; auth...

Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio VUI design for the elderly 10,000 people turn 65 every day in the USA and the UK has an ageing population, too. In America, the over 65s control over 70% of the country's discretionary spending. The opportunities in providing value to the once-termed 'silver surfers' could be hugely profita...

A deep dive into the three pillars of conversation design: psychology, technology and creative writing, with Robocopy's Hans Van Dam. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio Conversation design Conversation design is more than simply putting some words on a page and hoping for the best. The assembly of words is only part of the j...

Translating the recent happenings in voice news into insights and recommendations for designers, developers and brands.  As ever, lots has been occurring recently. In this episode of the rundown, we discuss: The state of voice assistants by Adobe  and how we're seeing  increased usage in the 'third category' . That is, people are using more in-depth functionality on their voice assi...

Pulse Labs founders, Abhishek Suthan and Dylan Zwick share their advice on VUI design best practice that they've learned from conducting voice first usability testing with over 120 brands. Where to listen Apple podcasts Spotify YouTube CastBox Spreaker TuneIn Breaker Stitcher PlayerFM iHeartRadio The search for VUI design best practice In web design, there are standards. Common design patterns and...

This week, we take a deep dive into voice first social networks and messaging, as we explore whether these platforms are poised for success or doomed to fail. We also discuss some of the challenges in building a voice first product, including the limitations of the tech stack and how VUI design is a way of compensating for this. To take us through the world of voice first social, we're joined by D...

Voice first technology has the potential to transform organisations. Join Dustin and I as we dig into how voice is being used to create efficiencies within businesses with Silver founder, Shawn Kanungo. Silver, an agency based in Canada, is helping organisations use voice to streamline business processes, access line of business systems and improve productivity. We speak to the founder, ex-Deloitt...

It's been a busy few weeks with both of the top two voice assistant platforms announcing new devices and software improvements, but what does it all mean for brands, designers and developers? Google Home Mini becomes top selling smart speaker That's right, the  Google Home Mini smart speaker outsold all other smart speakers in Q2 . Google's intense advertising over the summer months looks lik...

This week, we're speaking to serial entrepreneur, Yann Lachelle, COO at Snips, about the privacy by design alternative to Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Privacy is a hot topic. With the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the introduction of GDPR in Europe, people are becoming more aware and more concerned with how companies are using their data. On the enterprise-side, one of the challenges...

This week, Dustin and I catch up with John Kelvie, CEO and founder of Bespoken, and learn all about the three types of testing that can help you create and sustain great voice experiences. We discuss: Unit testing: how to test your code locally without having to deploy into the cloud and test through your smart speaker or phone. This can save developers a whole load of time and effort in the devel...