AI Is Making UCC and the Contact Center into an Increasingly Powerful Combo

Teaming up these AI-fueled solutions yields a variety of shared capabilities and benefits.

Real-Time Guidance Is Key to a Great Service Experience

RTG can elevate customer interactions into relationship building sessions.

How to Make ChatGPT Usable for Enterprises

Not surprisingly, a standardized format would make the process a lot easier.

Voice Assistant Technology Struggles with Monetization

Alexa, Siri, and the like are popular but not profitable.

ChatGPT: Why the Hype and How Does It Affect Speech Technology?

The AI chatbot is a fascinating step forward, and soon it could be much more,

When Conversational Assistants Meet: Delegating, Mediating, and Channeling

How can voice assistants be made to cooperate with each other?

Attack of the Smart Bots

AI-powered bots paired with TTS could be used for nefarious purposes.

Why Can’t Speech Tech Have a New York Accent?

With a population of 8.8 million within the five boroughs, and nearly 19 million if you include the suburbs, one would be hard-pressed to call the New York metro area a small subset of any U.S. population group.

The AI Contact Center Is Finally Here

Natively integrated capabilities abound in core contact center functions.

Reality Isn’t Sci-Fi—It’s More Startling

Speech tech, like all tech, keeps getting more mind-blowing.

Real-Time Guidance: Help for Agents and Customers

These AI solutions listen to and understand both sides of the conversation.

Conversational Agents Move Toward Interoperability

On the path from garden walls to interoperable open agents.

Conversing with Computers: Where We Are and Where We’re Going

The AVIOS conference showed how the human-computer connection is rapidly evolving.

Conversational AI Is Becoming More Practical

As a spring conference displayed, the technology is improving and the use cases growing.

Making the Case for an Intelligent Virtual Agent

As self-service solutions become more desirable, IVAs find their place.

The Conversational Cloud Promises Breakthroughs, and Plenty of Complexity

Cloud-delivered speech services are the future, and that future will require a lot of thought.

Natural Language Interfaces That Everyone Can Use

Users can differ widely in their ability to express themselves and understand.

Speech Prevailed in a Year of Incredible Turmoil

As we highlight in our annual "State of the Speech Technology Industry" report, 2021 was a very good year for the speech industry.

Enduring AI-Powered Retail Trends for 2022

Digital engagement will continue to enhance retail, both in the store and online.

An Open Letter to Voice Agent Platform Developers

You're at the vanguard of a burgeoning movement.