Speech Technology eWeekly - December 18, 2019

Q & A

Q&A: Scott Hoglund on Conversational Banking

Learn how conversational technologies are changing the way we bank, and how Discover is embracing this trend to better support companies and employees.

Speech Technology News

Sensory Unveils Wake Word AI That Supports Multiple Voice Assistants 

Sensory has updated TrulyHandsfree with capabilities that align with the Voice Interoperability Initiative

Voximplant Raises $10 Million to Fund Global Expansion

New funding will support Voximplant's expansion of its cloud-based voice and video communications platform.

OTO Raises $5.3 Million in Seed Funding to Launch Voice-Intelligence-as-a-Service

Investors are backing OTO, an SRI spinoff, in creating an AI-driven platform for detecting human emotion with speech.

Voice Picking Solutions Market to See Robust Growth Through 2025

KBV Research expects the global voice picking solutions market to reach $2.9 billion by 2025, rising at 15.3 Percent CAGR.

Ribbon and Amazon Partner on Automated Call Analytics and Recording

Ribbon'scloud native SBC has been successfully tested with Amazon Chime Voice Connector for SIP-based Media Recording (SIPREC).

AudioCodes Expands Collaboration with AWS for Call Analytics

AudioCodes' collaboration with AWS allows shared customers to stream phone calls to AWS machine learning services for recording, transcription, voice processing, and analysis.

"The Phantom of the Opera" Has Its Own Amazon Alexa Voice Skill

Broadway's longest-running musical, "The Phantom of the Opera," lets patrons search for and buy tickets using their voices.

CallMiner Secures $75 Million from Goldman Sachs

CallMiner's latest funding round will help it continue building up its Eureka analytics product line.

Theatro Closes $20 Million Funding Round

Additional funds will help Theatro accelerate the growth of its mobile voice platform.