voice

Amazon Upgrades Echo Show Devices, Debuts Kids’ Version
Amazon Upgrades Echo Show Devices, Debuts Kids’ Version
May 12, 2021  |  Amazon Technology

Seattle-based Amazon has released its latest Echo Show devices: the new Echo Show 8, Echo Show 5 and the first Echo Show 5 Kids. In...

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The Week In Voice Technology: Upgrades, Investments And Digital Wine Discoveries
The Week In Voice Technology: Upgrades, Investments And Digital Wine Discoveries
April 22, 2021  |  Voice Activation

Voice spent much of the last week or so making itself heard in a variety of applications designed to be more relevant to consumers’ day-to-day...

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Amazon Aims To Enable Purchases From TV Screens Via ‘tCommerce’
Amazon Aims To Enable Purchases From TV Screens Via ‘tCommerce’
March 11, 2021  |  Retail

The era of “tCommerce” is upon us, if Amazon is to be believed. Amazon Studios Chief Operating Officer Albert Cheng said that after a long...

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Amazon’s Alexa Bases Updates On User Behavior
Amazon’s Alexa Bases Updates On User Behavior
January 26, 2021  |  Artificial Intelligence

Amazon has released Alexa’s latest round of updates and features designed to make the voice assistant more useful, more helpful and a bit more proactive....

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Listen Up: Clubhouse Takes Social Media Into The Audio Zone
Listen Up: Clubhouse Takes Social Media Into The Audio Zone
January 26, 2021  |  Social Commerce

Wait … there’s a new social media app where people actually talk — and listen to each other? Calling itself “a space for casual, drop-in...

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Retail 2021: The Five Things Retailers Should Be Talking About At NRF This Week
Retail 2021: The Five Things Retailers Should Be Talking About At NRF This Week
January 18, 2021  |  Retail

Every year for the last 110 years, members of the retail trade group, known as the National Retail Federation (NRF), have assembled to discuss the...

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Microsoft Word To Take Voice Commands, Transcribe Recordings
Microsoft Word To Take Voice Commands, Transcribe Recordings
August 25, 2020  |  Innovation

Microsoft said on Tuesday (Aug. 25) in a blog post that updates to Office 365 will allow users to record conversations “directly in Word for the...

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Android Users In India Can Use Alexa To Shop
Android Users In India Can Use Alexa To Shop
March 12, 2020  |  International

Amazon has introduced a new voice shopping feature that’s powered by Alexa in India, in a bid to increase its presence in the country’s eCommerce...

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Enabling Delivery And Voice With Digital Technology
Enabling Delivery And Voice With Digital Technology
February 26, 2020  |  Today In Data

The concept of brand voice took a literal turn this month, with Amazon’s latest rollout, Amazon Polly, an AWS product that provides neural network-based text-to-speech services. And...

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