Tag: voice
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Peacock has cloned Al Michaels’ voice for Olympic recaps
Peacock is using AI to clone the voice of renowned sports announcer Al Michaels for personalized Olympic recaps. This AI-generated voice aims to deliver customized commentary, enhancing the viewer’s experience with personalized recaps and insights based on the user’s expressed interests. Peacock is harnessing A.I. technology to present “Your Daily Olympic Recap on Peacock,” a…
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Meta’s Ray Ban shades add AI vision
Augmented reality seems poised to really hit its stride once we get to a wearable device that doesn’t look like a crazy pair of ski goggles or worse. It’s going to be a long road to get there, but Meta’s collaboration with Ray Ban gives us a glimpse of that future, having recently added computer…
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Leading UK charities to introduce Alexa voice donations
Voice commerce has been on a slow growth curve but Amazon is working with several UK charities to enable voice donations on the back of related advertisements. Each of the charities will introduce separate radio advertising campaigns that can be responded to directly via Alexa-enabled devices through voice commands. The audio ads will run specifically…
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Mondelez breaks into voice-activated e-commerce with Amazon Alexa
This is interesting. It’s the first time I’ve seen a brand activation on Alexa that (apparently) doesn’t require a custom skill. Sure, you can use voice to order specific brands via Amazon, but supposedly with this execution users can say “Alexa, what’s new with Oreo?” to hear the latest news about the brand, including new…
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A recent survey digs into voice search behavior, with some interesting results.
Voice and conversational interfaces are an undeniably important trend for enterprises to keep a sharp eye on. There’s been tremendous growth in the category, obviously, but it’s been difficult to really get a grasp on who’s using it, why they’re using it, how they’re using it, and what remains missing. Data based on surveys should…
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McDonald’s is replacing drive through humans with AI
The person taking your order at McDonald’s in the future might not be a person at all. The Chicago-based giant is testing voice-activated order-taking in its drive-thru as part of a broad initiative to improve the customer experience inside of its restaurants. Those efforts include kitchen equipment such as advanced french fry makers and automated…