Spring 2020 Issue
Magazine Features
Overcoming Bias Requires an AI Reboot
Phillip Britt //
01 May 2020
Biases in artificial intelligence can be mitigated with multiple programmers
Speech Continues to Advance in the Contact Center
Erik J. Martin //
01 May 2020
Companies should look to further automate customer service with voice technologies
Marketers Need to Optimize for Voice Search
Phillip Britt //
01 May 2020
The voice channel presents unique opportunities and challenges for marketers
Speech Technology's 2020 People's Choice Awards
The Editors of Speech Technology //
01 May 2020
The votes are in. You have spoken!
COLUMNS:
Editor's Letter
There’s Tech for the Tough Spots
Leonard Klie //
01 May 2020
Businesses are now realizing that websites, online content, and product information need to be crafted in new ways so voice-based search engines not only recognize them but position them at the top of search results.
Forward Thinking
As Voice Assistants Multiply, When Will We Get a Registry?
James A. Larson //
01 May 2020
VARs can help tame the Wild West of voice assistants
In Other Words
Speech Technology in the Midst of the Coronavirus
Sue Ellen Reager //
01 May 2020
This is the time for speech technology—and all online communication technologies—to leap into action
Interact
Voice Interfaces and Contactless Interactions
Kashyap Kompella //
01 May 2020
A shift in our preferences toward eliminating or reducing touchpoints seems inevitable
Voice Value
Pandemic Gives a Glimpse of Life with a Disability
Robin Springer //
01 May 2020
The day-to-day just got more complicated for us all
Standards
Encountering a Technical Problem? You Too Can Be a Standards Author
Deborah Dahl //
01 May 2020
Your brilliant new idea might just end up becoming a popular solution
FYI
IBM, Apple Build on Natural Language Processing
Leonard Klie //
01 May 2020
The two industry heavyweights plan to bring to market new natural language processing (NLP) technologies that will help computers and customers communicate in clearer, more natural-sounding ways