or, Google voice + chatbot + amazon polly + oculus lip sync + morph3d avatar = awesome VR bot This is an excerpt from my weekly email newsletter on voice interfaces, HearingVoices . Join leaders in the industry from voice-focused startups, VC funds, and agencies interested in voice by subscribing at hearingvoices.xyz Great Reads (and listens) : A blog post by , leader of one of the teams responsible for the Alexa user experience. Thanks to for pointing me to this one. Velveteen Rabbits: What a Children’s Story Can Teach Us About Computers that Talk @tripodell designing @ClementDelangue : This article talks about the value of speed-watching videos, particularly those that are tutorials. There is similar value in speed listening to podcasts, and with several of the new voice apps, speed listening to articles you may have otherwise had to read (with your eyes). Get Up To Speed Learn Faster With High-Velocity Tech ): Text-based chatbots offered little reward for a lot of effort. Voice is the key to making bots useful — and the to do so already exists. Why voice will be the dominant chatbot interface (Inside Intercom technology ”: Here’s a podcast where Chris Maury from Conversant labs discusses using speech recognition to interact with devices. They note to turn off your Echo and Dots as he invokes Alexa . Embedded.fm Podcast 178 “Alexa Stop a lot Newz ): Amazon has announced it’s involvement with betaworks’ . Get Support from the Alexa Team at Betaworks’ Voicecamp (Amazon Developer Blogs voicecamp A product & A hack : Play.ht is a browser extension and website where the most popular blogs are read by speech synthesis. Play.ht gives you a decent amount of control over picking which voice you want to listen to, the speed, However you can create playlists, which means you could set up a longer playlist, and if those work on mobile, that’s a useful way to discovery content. As long as you don’t mind listening to the speech synthesis voice. Play.ht | Listen to the web knowledge one article at a time : This is pretty awesome. tweeted out a short video of a chatbot using google voice API, a chatbot API, amazon Polly, Oculus Lip Sync, and morph3d avatar. This starts to illustrate the intersection of VR/Augmented reality and conversational interfaces. Thanks Lee Vermeulen on Twitter: “testing a chatbot Modbox NPC… google voice api > chatbot api > amazon polly api > oculus lip sync > morph3d avatar https://t.co/nGHtEvQFyC" Lee Vertesting @peterrojas If you’re interested in getting the latest articles and apps delivered to your inbox weekly, sign up at hearingvoices.xyz Matt is how hackers start their afternoons. We’re a part of the family. We are now and happy to opportunities. Hacker Noon @AMI accepting submissions discuss advertising &sponsorship To learn more, , , or simply, read our about page like/message us on Facebook tweet/DM @HackerNoon. If you enjoyed this story, we recommend reading our and . Until next time, don’t take the realities of the world for granted! latest tech stories trending tech stories
