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Veronique Routin

Amazon sends Alexa developers on quest for 'holy grail of voice science' | VentureBeat - 0 views

  • Amazon VP David Limp refers to Conversations as a great next step forward. “It has been sort of the holy grail of voice science, which is how can you make a conversation string together when you didn’t actually programmatically think about it end-to-end. […] I think a year or two ago I would have said we didn’t see a way out of that tunnel, but now I think the science is showing us that [although] it will take us years to get more and more conversational, […] this breakthrough is very big for us, tip of the iceberg,” Limp said.
  • At the event, Cheyer talked about how voice will define the next decade of computing and the importance of bridging first-party AI assistant services with a third-party voice app ecosystem. “I don’t want to have to remember what a car assistant can do, the TV system do, the Alexa versus Cortana versus … too much. I want one assistant on every device to access every service without any differentiation between what’s core and what’s third-party,” Cheyer said.
  • Pancholi shared with developers that potential next steps for Alexa Conversations scenarios may include collections of skills to help people watch content at home, get food delivered, or buy a gift.
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  • help plan a weekend
  • night out experience is now getting you to order a cab
  • Conversations is designed to stitch together the voice ecosystem for engagement increases for skills and Alexa alike.
  • cross skilled
  • Batches of custom skills for the home could, for example, walk kids through multi-step routines, do chores, and help countdown to important dates.
  • Hunches, which suggests event reminders and smart home actions, and Alexa Guard for detecting the sound of broken glass or smoke alarm
  • Conversations could someday also become part of Amazon’s voice assistant for the workplace
  • Because of the nature of how voice apps work often without a screen, packaging skills means some skills may inevitably be left out or won’t be ranked.
  • Amazon’s skills recommendation engine that responds when you say things like “Alexa, get me a ride,” recommends voice apps based on measurements like engagement levels, which Amazon started paying developers for in 2017.
  • Conversations will incorporate skill quality measurements like user ratings, engagement levels Factors like regional significance, whether a skill works on a smart display, and personal information may also decide which skills appear during Alexa Conversations interactions.
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    La graal de la voix selon Amazon : avoir une conversation sans y avoir pensé en terme de programmation de bout en bout. Un film- the night out scenario présenté lors de cette rencontre montre une conversation fluide avec alexa pour commander et réserver plusieurs choses : une place de cinéma, un diner et un taxi. L'objectif est de faire accomplir par l'assistant vocal des taches complexes incorporant plusieurs "skills" et permettant de réduire le nombre d'itérations pour faire des tâches comme réserver une place de cinéma ou commander à manger. La voix définira les contours de la technologie des 10 prochaines années. Je veux utiliser le même assistant sur tous les supports (devices) et non par support : l'assistant de la voiture, l'assistant de la télé,...
Cécile Christodoulou

La start-up toulousaine Simsoft Industry commercialise ses assistants vocaux pour l'ind... - 0 views

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    ""Grâce à l'assistance vocale, les techniciens de production peuvent se concentrer sur leurs gestes et se libérer des notices et des modèles techniques", explique André Joly, co-fondateur de la société Simsoft Industry" ... "Les premiers projets développés 'sur mesure' pour des grands comptes nous permettent aujourd'hui de décliner Vogof par type de métiers, mais aussi d'élargir ses missions au-delà de l'assistance à la production, pour de la maintenance d'équipements ou de la formation professionnelle"
Cécile Christodoulou

Stanford Team Aims at Alexa and Siri With a Privacy-Minded Alternative - 1 views

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    "Dr. Lam is collaborating with a group of Stanford faculty members and students to build a virtual assistant that would allow individuals and corporations to avoid surrendering personal information as well as retain a degree of independence from giant technology companies." ... "The Stanford researchers are hoping to gain support by making their software freely available to users of smartphones, computers and consumer appliances. They are encouraging makers of consumer products to connect their devices to the Almond virtual assistant through a Wikipedia-style service they call Thingpedia. It is a shared database in which any manufacturer or internet service could specify how its product or service would interact with the Almond virtual assistant."
Cécile Christodoulou

Alexa in the Classroom? - 0 views

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    "For now, the startup [Bamboo Learning Inc] is targeting parents and children but says the technology could eventually wind up in schools if it catches on. Persuading parents that Alexa is an appropriate education tool for kids could be tricky. " "Bamboo is hoping that it can carve out a niche as a useful tool for parents who want an educational diversion for their kids on the new voice software. That could mean offering their assistance to more companies like Highlights looking for expertise in educational applications for Alexa. Or, echoing the models of internet giants that rely on user-generated content, they could build out a platform for teachers and schools to build voice tools."
Cécile Christodoulou

Pillo Health raises $11M Series A for conversational adherence, engagement platforms | ... - 0 views

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    "Pillo Health's lead product is the eponymous Pillo, a countertop artificial intelligence device that uses voice to engage users and remind them to take medications. Designed for older patients with chronic diseases or complex care plans, the tool can store, dispense and reorder up to 28 doses of medication on a pre-set schedule. In addition, Pillo can deliver audio- or video-based health content and facilitate video calls between patients and their caregivers, while allowing the latter to monitor adherence data generated from the device."
Cécile Christodoulou

A New Alexa Skill Connects Hospital Patients to Nurses in Australia - Voicebot - 0 views

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    "Patients can tell Alexa to ask for specific help, such as pain medication or assistance using the bathroom. The skill will then send their request to their nurse via a mobile device and a tablet at the nurse's station. For patients unable to find or reach the standard call button, a voice-activated system can be a real boon. And, because the specifics of the request are shared, the skill is more efficient than a call button. Nurses will know what the patient needs before they arrive and its severity - if it's an emergency or a less life-threatening need. "
Cécile Christodoulou

Facebook crée une IA capable de copier la voix de n'importe qui - 1 views

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    "Un nouveau synthétiseur vocal, capable de copier la voix de n'importe qui au monde, vient de voir le jour. Ce petit bijou technologique est le fruit des équipes de recherche de la division IA de Facebook. Une machine appelée MelNet, qui ouvre le spectre d'une nouvelle ère des contenus audio."
Cécile Christodoulou

Google Assistant launches in Waze on Android in the U.S. | VentureBeat - 0 views

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    "[...] kick off Waze-specific features like reporting accidents and construction, checking for alternate routes, avoiding tolls, and previewing upcoming traffic with utterances like "Hey Google, report construction" and "Hey Google, avoid tolls."
Cécile Christodoulou

Enceintes connectées et assistants vocaux : le marché de la voix en France - BDM - 0 views

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    "Hadopi et le CSA distinguent par ailleurs 3 grandes catégories d'usagers : les profils domotiques, les expérimentateurs ludiques et les profils « contenus »." ... " « Les usages actuels répondent principalement à des besoins fonctionnels de gain de temps ou de simplicité d'utilisation« , indique le rapport. Ainsi la météo et la recherche d'information sont les activités les plus pratiquées par les utilisateurs d'enceintes connectées. Viennent ensuite la lecture de musique ou de la radio et les usages en lien avec la domotique qui, malgré un développement un peu timide dans les foyers, suscitent très largement la curiosité des utilisateurs."
Cécile Christodoulou

Vos émotions vont-elles servir à vous vendre des choses? - 0 views

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    "Ce projet de puce émotionnelle, ce n'est pas totalement de la science-fiction. La société Amazon planche actuellement sur un appareil capable de reconnaître les émotions humaines dans les intonations de la voix."
Cécile Christodoulou

Un assistant vocal qui protège les données - YouTube - 1 views

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    "Les enceintes connectées et leurs assistants vocaux sont en plein développement et ils posent la question de l'utilisation de nos données personnelles... En Europe, 6 équipes de scientifiques se donnent 3 ans pour mettre au point une alternative européenne à ce système pour qu'il soit plus sécurisé et respectueux des données privées... Ce projet est coordonné par Emmanuel Vincent, chercheur à l'Inria Nancy-Grand Est. "COMPRISE" (COst-effective, Multilingual, PRIvacy-driven voice-enabled SErvices) , une Action Recherche et Innovation (Research and Innovation Action - RIA) financée par le programme Horizon 2020 de l'Union européenne"
Cécile Christodoulou

Amazon Debuts a New Echo Show Amid Alexa Privacy Concerns - 0 views

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    "- Most notably, the Echo Show 5 has a mechanical slide that lets you close the shutter on its front-facing camera, something that previous Echo Shows didn't have. ... -One of the new privacy features from Amazon is the "Alexa Privacy Hub," a kind of one-stop shop on the web for all Alexa-related privacy settings. Amazon says this is where users will go to manage their own privacy settings by time frame and by device. ... -And you can now use voice control to clear Alexa's equivalent of your browsing history. ... [...] these tools still put the burden of responsibility largely on the customer."
Cécile Christodoulou

Introducing Alexa Conversations (Preview), a New AI-Driven Approach to Natural Dialogs ... - 1 views

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    "[...]Alexa Conversations, a new deep learning-based approach that developers can use for creating natural voice experiences on Alexa with less effort, fewer lines of code, and less training data than before. This new model helps developers create natural, flexible dialogs within a single skill and in the upcoming releases brings multiple skills into a single conversation. Alexa Conversations is now available in developer preview in the US."
Veronique Routin

Interview : Pascal Taillard, designer sonore chez Orange - Blog Esprit Design - 0 views

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    La voix de djingo expliquée par Pascal Taillard designer sonore chez Orange : une voix avec des interjections pour plus d'humain mais pas trop avec des sons, pour rappeler la relation humain machine.
Cécile Christodoulou

Here is Something that Did Impress Me from Apple's WWDC - Voice Control - Voicebot - 0 views

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    "Think of this as voice assistive technology as opposed to a voice assistant technology. Voice Control is a good name for it. The man employs voice to navigate a user experience originally designed for visual interaction." "There will be more multimodal interaction that joins voice and visual navigation over the next few years. Apple is already demonstrating a model that can work from both an architecture and user experience standpoint." > https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=64&v=aqoXFCCTfm4
Cécile Christodoulou

Antonio Casilli : « La création d'emploi n'est pas la finalité des plates-for... - 0 views

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    "Beaucoup de microtravailleurs sont aussi mis à contribution pour écouter ce que les enceintes connectées ont enregistré et vérifier que l'assistant vocal a correctement interprété une commande. Pendant longtemps, ce travail a été délocalisé, mais il a tendance à être relocalisé, notamment sur ce type de tâche, en raison du savoir nécessaire pour l'effectuer : il faut être capable de comprendre la langue, mais aussi les particularismes régionaux, les accents, le contexte." "Ce travail a de fortes chances de s'inscrire dans la durée. Il est nécessaire avant et après le déploiement des IA : avant pour les mettre au point, après pour les réentraîner. Quand vous ajoutez de nouveaux services à un assistant vocal, par exemple, il devra reconnaître de nouvelles commandes, de nouvelles instructions orales."
Cécile Christodoulou

Amazon Introduces Alexa Skills Monetization in Japan - Voicebot - 0 views

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    "Amazon announced that it has expanded the option to monetize Alexa skills to Japan late last week. Japan will be only the second country, after the U.S., to allow developers to add in-skill purchasing as an Alexa skill feature."
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