Presented at Dallas StartUp Week April 12, 2016 The point of this presentation was to say that Voice technology is important and exists, many businesses and designer / developers need to think about making investments in time or capital within the next 18 months. And there are a few things that have helped me - mostly jumping in and getting experience with the technology.

1. Voice Technology
in Your Startup@PhilipLikens
2016 Dallas Startup Week

2. Zoolander@PhilipLikens

3. Hyundai

4. Voice is a thing
you should start investing in
within the next 18 months.
Here’s what has helped me.
@PhilipLikens

5. Yo.
@PhilipLikens

6. Voice is a thing
you should start investing in
within the next 18 months.
Here’s what has helped me.
@PhilipLikens

7. @PhilipLikens

8. http://www.columbia.edu/~djg2138/Dan_Gillespie_@_Columbia/Assignments/Entries/2009/1/31_Assignment_1.html@PhilipLikens

9. Davis@PhilipLikens

10. http://blog.ted.com/how-did-supercomputer-watson-beat-jeopardy-champion-ken-jennings-experts-discuss/@PhilipLikens

11. http://www.starwars.com/databank/c-3po@PhilipLikens

12. XEROX PARC@PhilipLikens

13. www1.cs.columbia.edu/~julia/cs4706/asr.ppt@PhilipLikens

14. Jetson’s@PhilipLikens

16. Peter DaSilva / The New York Times@PhilipLikens

17. www.padtronix.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/echo.jpg@PhilipLikens

18. Voice is a thing
you should start investing in
within the next 18 months.
Here’s what has helped me.
@PhilipLikens

19. Distraction = Death
Up@PhilipLikens

20. New Capabilities
• Hands-free
• Multitasking
• Assistive (physical impairments, illiteratacy)
• Promoting Laziness
• Augment not replace
@PhilipLikens

21. 3 Main Models
• Listening-Only
• Graphic / Graphic + Voice Response
• Voice + App Backup
@PhilipLikens

22. Listening-only
KaptureAudio.com@PhilipLikens

23. Graphic / Graphic + Voice
Response
http://core0.staticworld.net/images/article/2015/09/appletvsearch-100613279-orig.jpg@PhilipLikens

24. www.padtronix.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/echo.jpg
Voice + App Backup
@PhilipLikens

25. Voice is a thing
you should start investing in
within the next 18 months.
Here’s what has helped me.
@PhilipLikens

26. Business & Technology
• Technology has hit an inflection point
• Still early
• Massive smartphone adoption in the US means practically everyone
has a device this works on / and almost everyone has experience
with voice
• Companies are investing big
• Behavior is being legislated
• Wide open in b2b market
@PhilipLikens

27. Design / Development Platforms Emerging
• Nuance
• Amazon
• Android
• Microsoft
• IBM
• API.ai
@PhilipLikens

28. Voice is a thing
you should start investing in
within the next 18 months.
Here’s what has helped me.
@PhilipLikens

29. http://cdn.rsvlts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Microsoft-Cortana.jpg@PhilipLikens

30. www.padtronix.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/echo.jpg@PhilipLikens

31. Hound@PhilipLikens

32. Some Resources
• https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/alexa/alexa-skills-kit
• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/input-and-devices/
cortana-design-guidelines
• http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920047766.do
• Fundamentals of Voice Interface Design by Tanya Kraljic
• How we talk and machines listen by Abi Jones
@PhilipLikens

33. Build Something

35. Voice is a thing
you should start investing in
within the next 18 months.
Here’s what has helped me.
Thank you. @PhilipLikens