2018 State of the Speech Technology Industry Introduction

Thanks to the rise of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep neural networks, speech technology is more sophisticated and has more wide-ranging uses than ever before. But even as speech tech has found mainstream usage in everything from smartphones and smart speakers to appliances and automobiles, it continues to provide immense business value as well, in settings as varied as contact centers, medical clinics, and financial firms. Our fourth annual State of the Speech Technology Industry covers all of these developments as we run through the latest trends in six important sectors.