In this episode, Roger talks with John Kelvie. John is the founder and CEO of Bespoken, a tool for testing and QA of voice applications.
John is a voice veteran. Prior to founding Bespoken, John was the CTO of XappMedia, an early innovator in audio advertising.
John and Roger discuss:
- Voice in the "old days" e.g. 2018
- John's work with voice and XappMedia and interactive audio/advertising
- John's founding of Bespoken
- Running a company based in Peru
- Bespoken's mascot, a llama and the history behind it
- What Bespoken does and the value of QA/Testing in voice
- Build pipelines for voice
- Industries with deep commitments to voice.
- The recently concluded Google Accelerator for Voice companies - Bespoken was part of the cohort
- Voice in the car, in the TV and in the Kitchen
- Voice in the call center/IVR and the opportunities there
- Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance and what it means for the voice industry
- Integrating voice into mobile apps
- The rise of independent voice apps, why and what it means for the voice industry
- John's passion for QA and Dev Ops
- Career advice - look at Dev Ops!
- Samsung and voice and the opportunities for TV and Voice
- John's hidden gem voice experience
- Johns short-term and long-term predictions for voice.
Links from the Show
Bespoken - bespoken.io
Keeping in Touch
John on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/john-kelvie
John on Twitter - @jpkbst
Bespoken on Twitter - @bespokenio
Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung
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