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Open Voice #32: 2.2 billion, NPR stats, Alexa in a car, in a bike, speakers in a Death Star and for the elderly plus the NYT skill #32 Jan 14, 2019
Open Voice #31: 🔮 100 mln Alexa devices sold, 9.5 voice users in the UK, 2019 predictions, Japanese adoption, Quora like service bought by Amazon, Learn Chinese with new voice speaker, #31 #31 Jan 7, 2019
Open Voice #30: More voice devices in urban China then in the US, Ben Sauer Podcast, Voice jacking, H&M and Voicebot news, and NL best Google assistant launch #30 Dec 31, 2018
#29 Dec 24, 2018 Open Voice #29: 9 mln adoption in DE, 1.7 in FR, Parrots, cute robots, another perspective for Apple Music on Alexa, and an assistant 'IQ' test – Hi!We are close to Christmas. Time for family and a slow down of the pace at work.Below the news we f
#28 Dec 17, 2018 Open Voice #28: Fad or no fad? 2018 top skills, VUI fundamentals, master conversations and find out what 'speechcons' are (useful!) – Hi!Last week we went live with the BNR Voice Cast show where we had Timo Snoek and Rob van Nistelrooi
#27 Dec 10, 2018 Open Voice #27: how to create routines, Alibaba is better, brands creating traction, Fortnite & Voice and working on the Alexa Knowledge graph – Hi there! This past week we were pondering:When one compares Voice to the mobile phone market develop
#26 Dec 3, 2018 Open Voice #26: Who are the top 15 voice influencers, Amazon getting brand love? New BBC voice production, Apple music on Alexa, Conversation Analysis book – Hi there,Past week has been good:Our Voice Cast show is live at BNR. With Sophie Kleber we talk games
#25 Nov 26, 2018 Open Voice #25: Podcasts, Uncanny valley of Voice, how Siri summons Google Assistant, user research and Duplex roll-out (incl videos) – Hi there!We're back with the 25th edition of this newsletter. Past week was crazy in terms of all the
#24 Nov 19, 2018 Open Voice #24: Bixby the iPhone moment?, 10.000 working on Alexa, 2x Personality, The voice cross roads and the Open voice highlight – Hi!We have a ton to share with you: more Bixby insights, many articles and a recap of last Open Voice
#23 Nov 12, 2018 Open Voice #23: Did Samsung just jump the pack? Voice Workshop, the science of conversations, adoption numbers and the Guardian voicelab – It's Open Voice day today! Are you joining? Come on by and let’s shake hands. We love to meet readers
#22 Nov 5, 2018 Open Voice #22: The race is heating up, ~25 mln voice using millennials in the US, 2 mln kids in the UK and why Facebook had to use Alexa – Numbers, numbers and numbers. Yes it's mostly numbers this time around. We can't wait to see the Dutc
#21 Oct 29, 2018 Open Voice #21: What MBTI type is Alexa? Slack and user research. How to on Persona, are voice privacy issues less than phones? – Hi! 👋 We were on a roll, so here is an extra long edition.
#20 Oct 22, 2018 Open Voice #20: Adobe jumps on the voice bandwagon, 2018 research collected, conversational design thoughts from Nest, more depth to voice reviews and entering the next phase in voice – Hi!What a quiet week. No device releases! 😃 Yet still lots of good insights, reports and news to shar
#19 Oct 15, 2018 Open Voice #19: How many sprints did it take Deutsche Bahn to create it’s skill? Trucking & Voice, what player will be the Voice winner and the first voice editor – Hi!This is already the 19th edition of the Weekly Voice newsletter!A special warm welcome to those wh
#18 Oct 8, 2018 Open Voice #18: Voice Phishing, Amazon docu, conversational app naming & rating issues, possible strike due to Alexa? – The week ahead is busy for Sam and Maarten. Sam will be speaking about Voice at Emere Eday and Maart
#17 Oct 1, 2018 Open Voice #17: Tim Berners Lee's Charlie, MS releases enterpise toolkit and Apple & Salesforce team up for the enterprise – Exciting week! Not just the aftermath of all the Amazon announcements also another successful OpenVoi
#16 Sep 24, 2018 Open Voice #16: Amazon, Facebook and Salesforce announcements for the past week – Hi 👋 We just had a crazy week with many Amazon annoucements, and a lot of prep for today’s Open Voice
#15 Sep 17, 2018 Open Voice #15: What about Apple's Siri?, Voice UX Best Practices eBook, Virgin Trains & Argos gearing up – One week to go for the third Open Voice Meetup, generously made possible by Mirabeau and aFrogleap. T
#14 Sep 10, 2018 Open Voice #14: BMW's assistant, BBC kid skills, Google voice design process and Alexa songs – Hi!We are in the middle of events season. Last week it was IFA with announcements for various voice e
#13 Sep 4, 2018 Open Voice #13: Register for next event, 20,000 device integrations, bilingual, hearing aids, Alexa Examples per state – Register here for the next Open Voice on September 24th. Theme is Going Dutch, speakers will be the G
#12 Aug 27, 2018 Open Voice #12: Next event date, Facebook's Aloha, Healthcare video's, usage patterns on Android vs Assistant and more – Hi 👋It's Monday morning again. Time for some voice news. Below you'll find more on Facebooks 'Aloha'
#11 Aug 20, 2018 Open Voice #11: Voice design, search, a NYT comparison and more depth to the different levels of voice integration – No no no! The temperatures are going down again. Summer doesn't last all year. Thankfully we have a f
#10 Aug 13, 2018 Open Voice #10: Apple fumbled voice, Jungian archetypes, urgency arguments, meanwhile in China and working with the long tail of names – It was a good week with many insightful voice pieces, car voice SDK's and Samsung's speaker announcem
#9 Aug 6, 2018 Open Voice #09: Smart speakers against burglars, Voice Summit overview, Healthcare startup map, school use & retail with Uniqlo – Hi All,It has been over a week since the Dutch Google Assistent launch. How are you using it? What is
#8 Jul 30, 2018 Open Voice #08: Dutch launch, 169labs, Lego, health and poor usability – Welcome to the first sizzling🌶 vacation edition. It was an exciting week with the launch of the Dutch
#7 Jul 23, 2018 Open Voice #07: The first jobs posted, wealth of stats in NPR report, chat and sex toys... – Vacation or not. Open Voice continues. It promises to become an exciting week yet what did we spot th
#6 Jul 16, 2018 Open Voice #06: Science, trends and analysis – Hi there!Another week, another collection of links from the past week. Here's what we found worthwhil
#5 Jul 9, 2018 Open Voice #05: Peak screen, Philip Bloemendaal, continued conversation, platform wars, ecosystems and some history – It was Open Voice week with episode #2. This also created a boost in newsletter subscribers. We're ov
#4 Jul 1, 2018 Open Voice #04: Google Duplex is coming; smart speaker users on the rise; the race in China and how Amazon makes you shop them – Yes! We are celebrating our first month of newsletters! In one month we have grown from a few to quit
#3 Jun 25, 2018 Open Voice #03: Hotels & board games, 4 design approaches; Alexa.IT & ES, consumer behavior & advertising – Another week of many Voice insights and news tidbits for you to keep up. Please share in your network
#2 Jun 18, 2018 Open Voice #02: Discoverability; The Alexa Prize; French; Media co's & HypRank – Another week in Voice. Catch our highlights and let us know what you think. Rumors about the Dutch Go
#1 Jun 10, 2018 Open Voice #01: Starting something new – Hi there!Finally, it’s there: your very first OpenVoice digest. Why would we keep the stuff that exci
