In Episode 3 we speak with James Poulter, the co-founder of Voice Agency Vixen Labs and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Voice?”.

In this show, we covered a range of topics including:

• Why James started podcasting back in 2007
• Key learnings from being an early podcaster
• How the next generation will interact with computers using voice
• How smart speakers will drive the growth of all voice services
• Is there a voice “killer app” yet?
• What will Google Duplex do for voice?
• Building empathy into voice services
• The science of voice phrasing for success
• The notion of a “brand tone of voice”
• Predictions for voice in the next 18 months?
• The possibility for dedicated voice departments
• Ambient listening - what is it and what are the implications?
• How voice is growing thanks to “screen fatigue”
• The rise of voice + AR
• Voice in the enterprise
• Privacy vs utility - crossing the “privacy chasm”
• Three things listeners can do next week to experiment with voice

More about James

Twitter: @JamesPoulter
Company: vixenlabs.co
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