Hello and welcome to the 'Future is Spoken' produced by the digital assistant Academy. In Today's episode, Shyamala Prayaga speaks with Maikel Van Der Wouden about the Sonic branding in Voice Design.

Maikel van der Wouden, a highly passionate audiophile, and design engineer has a lot of experience developing voice branding strategies and audio assets for prestigious clients, including fortune 500 companies, across various industries.

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Conversation Highlights:

[00:00:46] Maikel's background as an Audio engineer working on Sonic branding. 

[00:03:08] Sonic branding connects users to the brand.

[00:07:25] What is the relation between Sonic branding and Voice?

[00:19:26] What are the different elements of Sonic branding? 

[00:30:15] What is the return of investment for companies to invest in Sonic branding. 

[00:32:31] Who all are involved in sonic brand designing? 

Learn more about Maikel

https://maikelvanderwouden.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maikel-van-der-wouden-4a5822112/ 

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Hello and welcome to the 'Future is Spoken' produced by the digital assistant Academy. In Today's episode, Shyamala Prayaga speaks with Julie Daniel Davis about the Voice First Usecases for FinTecin Education.

A former accountant turned educator, Julie Daniel Davis enjoys thinking about innovative ways to enhance education and then making them happen. 15 years in the k12 setting, with the last role being Director of Instructional Technology and Innovation, led to being an educational consultant, advocate for voice technology use in education, and an adjunct Edtech professor at UT Chattanooga. Julie is striving to meet the individual needs of student and teacher and take them forward in their growth as lifelong learners in the use of Edtech. Somewhat of a futurist, she is never content with the now and is constantly striving to better the world she lives in. She is seen as a passionate person with the skills to help others catch the joy- whatever that joy might be. She is an instructional technology professional development leader/speaker, author, Amazon Alexa Champion, and Bixby Premier Developer. She believes voice technology can enhance education in mighty ways. She helps educators use technology resources to enhance critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration- all skills required for students to become influencers of their world. In 2020 Julie became a CoSN Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL). Julie is the founder and host of the Voice in Education podcast that was a finalist in the 2020 Project Voice Awards. Julie has been on the planning/steering committee for EdCamp GigCity since 2015. She has served in the past as co-moderator of Twitter Chat #TnEdChat where educators from Tennessee and beyond talk about educational technology issues. She is recognized as a leader in the Canvas LMS community, where she serves as a course facilitator for the Canvas Certified Educator program. EdTech Magazine named Julie as having one of the top K-12 I.T. Blogs for 2015. She was recognized in 2021 by Amazon Alexa in their “Women in Voice” series.

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Conversation Highlights:

[00:06:51] Usecases for Voice in Education 
[00:11:05] How to solve discoverability issues for parents? 
[00:15:36] How Schools can adapt to Voice?
[00:21:09] Teaching Kids Digital Citizenship with Voice Technology 
[00:25:55] Will technical issues like limited language and accents understanding create problems with kids and their confidence?
[00:30:49] How to solve equity issues with Voice, especially in the classroom?[00:02:33] Julie's Voice in Education Podcast 

Learn more about Julie

https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliedavisedu/ 

https://www.juliedavisedu.com/podcast 

https://twitter.com/voiceedu1 

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Hello and welcome to the 'Future is Spoken' produced by the digital assistant Academy. In Today's episode, Shyamala Prayaga speaks with Rana Gujral about the Voice First Usecases for FinTech.

Rana Gujral is an entrepreneur, speaker, investor, and CEO at Behavioral Signals, an enterprise software company that excels at distinguishing behavioral signals in speech data with its proprietary deep learning technology. As a thought-leader in the AI/technology space, he often leads keynote sessions and joins panel discussions at industry events such as World Government Summit, VOICE Summit, The Next Web Conference, and Blockchain Economic Forum. His bylines are featured in publications such as Hacker Noon, Voicebot.ai, SpeechTechMagazine, and is a contributing columnist at TechCrunch and Forbes. He's been recognized as 'Entrepreneur of the Month' by CIO Magazine, awarded 'US-China Pioneer' by IEIE, and listed as a Top 10 Entrepreneur to follow in 2017 by Huffington Post and an AI Entrepreneur to Watch in Inc. In 2020 he won "Contributor of the Year: Chatbots" in Hacker Noon's Noonie's Awards.

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Conversation Highlights:

[00:01:47] Rana's Journey in the Voice tech world 

[00:09:35] Why is the Financial sector leveraging Voice AI, and what benefits they reap?

[00:13:30] How to design scalable solutions?

[00:26:01] Will Voice AI synergize with brain-machine interfaces for Fintech in future? 

[00:37:00] How to design Bias-Free voice experiences?

Learn more about Behavioral Signals

https://behavioralsignals.com/ 

Learn more about Rana

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranagujral/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RanaGujral 

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