VUX World

This week, Dustin and I are joined by Matt Hartman , partner at Betaworks , curator of the Hearing Voices newsletter and creator of the Wiffy Alexa Skill . In this episode, we’re discussing: All about Betaworks A strategic vision for voice Changing user behaviour On-demand interfaces Friction and psychological friction How context influences your design interface The 2 types of companies that’ll g...

This week, we’re joined by the Mycroft AI team, and we’re getting deep into designing and developing on the open source alternative to Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. If you’ve tried creating voice apps on platforms such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, then you’ll do doubt be familiar with their current limitations. Push notifications, monetisation and all-round flexibility generally leav...

But first, let's welcome co-host; Dustin Coates We're joined in this episode by our new co-host, Dustin Coates . Dustin is the author of Voice Applications for Alexa and Google Assistant  and has been involved in the voice scene since day 1. With extensive experience in software engineering, deep knowledge of Alexa and Google Assistant development and an immense passion for voice, Dustin...

Find out all about the Jovo framework that lets you create Alexa Skills and Google Assistant apps at the same time, using the same code! You know how you always need to write platform-specific code for everything? One lot of code for your iOS app, another load for Android and more for Windows (if you even bother). Well, the same challenges exist today when creating voice apps. Well, those challeng...

Conversational AI crops up constantly in conversations about voice, but what actually is it? How the heck does it work? And how can you use it? We speak to Jeff Smith to find out. In this episode, we cover: An overview of conversational AI - what it is and how it works The role of voice in conversational AI How and why brands should consider using it How you can get started with machine learning a...

In this episode, we’re going to show you how you can build an Alexa Skill from right within Wordpress. Wordpress powers almost a third of the internet and now millions of websites running Wordpress can all have a presence on voice. It’s all thanks to VoiceWP, the Wordpress plugin that lets you build an Alexa Skill from within the most widely adopted CMS on the planet. You can create Flash Briefing...

In this episode, we're talking about voice first user testing, why it's so imperative and how you can get started doing your own voice user testing. Why voice first user testing? Although usability testing graphical user interfaces is as common as a trending tweet, it's a seed that’s yet to be greatly sewn in the world of voice. There are many services that will provide technical testing, but thos...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome to VUX World. This introductory episode is all about what VUX World is all about. Here, I'll take you through: the aims of the show how we intend to meet those aims why it exists who would find it useful what's in store over the coming months The aims of VUX World This is an ambitious show that intends to cover three core aims for three primary groups...