Voice Activation

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Voice Assistants Learn the Art of Small Talk
April 12, 2024

Voice assistants have already made significant strides in areas such as smart home integration, educational settings and business applications. However, their current capabilities are limited by a lack of robust reasoning and planning abilities.  Read more: AI’s First Year: How Voice Reshaped the Conversational Ecosystem In fact, just...

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Voice Commerce Has a Long Way to Go in Retail
March 07, 2024

Despite advancements in voice commerce, the technology still faces challenges driving penetration in the retail sector. By the Numbers PYMNTS Intelligence’s study last April, “Tracking the Digital Payments Takeover: Catching the Coming eCommerce Wave” drew from a survey of nearly 2,700 U.S. consumers to understand...

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Voice Tech Expands Horizons Amid Increasing Risks of Scams
February 29, 2024

From the convenience of voice-activated virtual assistants to the integration of speech recognition in smartphones and smart homes, the technology landscape is increasingly shaped by individual’s ability to communicate verbally with devices.  And recent developments by firms are pushing the boundaries of what voice technology...

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13% of Consumers Schedule Doctor’s Appointments via Voice Tech
September 25, 2023

Healthcare innovation is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, with more and more industry players and stakeholders increasingly adopting newer technologies to simplify patients’ activities. Take voice technology, for instance. In “Preparing for a Voice Commerce Future Report: Gen AI Raises the Bar on Consumer Expectations...

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11% of Consumers Make Restaurant Reservations via Voice Technology
September 21, 2023

As restaurants look to get more bodies in seats, they could benefit from integrating their reservation platforms with the voice assistants that consumers use day to day, PYMNTS Intelligence suggests. By the Numbers For PYMNTS’ recent study “Preparing for a Voice Commerce Future Report: Gen...

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Americans Would Pay $120 a Year to Have a Reliable and Smart Voice Assistant
September 11, 2023

In today’s technology-driven world, smart and mobile devices have become an integral part of our lives. However, the traditional touchscreen interfaces that dominate these devices often limit their usability. Now, a new frontier has emerged in the form of voice technology. In the report “How...

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Elavon Signs Deal to Power Payments on Voice-Activated Hospitality Solution
May 17, 2023

Elavon is powering the payments behind a voice-activated system for the hospitality industry. The global payments provider has signed a deal with Amazon-approved partner The Digital Line (TDL) to become the exclusive payments provider in hospitality, globally, for Audico, a system that uses Amazon Alexa to deliver voice-driven services,...

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63% of Consumers Want an AI-Powered Voice Assistant to Help With Every Day Tasks
May 02, 2023

The next interface set to revolutionize consumer lives is also the oldest: voice. Connected devices are rapidly entering a modern hands-free, voice-driven era, as next-generation advances are made in voice recognition technology and increasingly being brought to market across a wide variety of conversational commerce...

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One in 10 Voice Users Order Coffee via the Technology
April 26, 2023

As coffee shops look to drive convenience, PYMNTS data reveals voice commerce holds significant potential. By the Numbers Research from PYMNTS’ new study “How Consumers Want to Live in the Voice Economy,” which drew from a population-balanced survey of nearly 3,000 U.S. consumers, revealed that,...