Videos: What's Your Favorite Use of Speech Technology?
"Speech technology" is a broad term, and depending on what corner of the industry you work in, you might have different ideas about what the coolest use of speech technology is. And frankly, if you have a smart speaker at home, it might just be the Alexa skill you use the most that has really caught your eye...or ear, in this case. We caught up with industry-insiders Michael McTear, Allyson Boudousquie, Debra Cancro, and Crispin Reedy at SpeechTEK 2018 and asked them what their favorite use of speech technology was this year. Find out what they said in the video that follows.
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