Voice Assistants & Privacy Concerns? Amazon has an on-going PR problem around Alexa. Some of it is merited as a software glitch sent a recorded transcript of a private conversation to a third party. Some of it is not. Today…
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Inventing the Voice Assistant User Interface (Part 2)
Inventing the Voice Assistant User Interface (Part 2) Voice Assistant (VA) developers are increasingly under pressure to create “naturalistic voice experiences” despite the current limitations of Voice Recognition (VR) and Voice Parsing (VP) technology. Instead we as developers have to…
Posted in Alexa, Amazon, Google, Google Assistant, IT Solutions, Management Consulting, Voice Assistant
Inventing the Voice Assistant User Interface (Part 1)
Inventing the Voice Assistant User Interface (Part 1) In the Voice Assistant (VA) community, there has been a long-running discussion on the nature of the user interface. How natural should the interface be? What makes for perfect communication? What is…
Posted in Amazon, Analytics, Google, IT Solutions, Management Consulting, Uncategorized, Voice Assistant
The Berlin Voice Conference 2018
The Berlin Voice Conference 2018 TsaTsaTzu We’ve just returned from a fantastic conference in Berlin on Voice Assistants and Machine Learning – all courtesy of Software & Support Media GmbH – where we delivered a program on managing the UX challenges…
Posted in Alexa, Amazon, Analytics, Echo, Google, Google Assistant, IT Solutions, Management Consulting, Uncategorized
What We Wish We’d Known About Audio Games Design (Part III)
What We Wish We’d Known About Audio Games Design (Part III) TsaTsaTzu Our game StarLanes was the first massively multiplayer online game for Voice. It also has, as noted in the previous post, a complex, complicated codebase. StarLanes is so…
Posted in Alexa, Amazon, Analytics, Echo, Google, Google Assistant, Management Consulting, Uncategorized
Masterclass in Alexa Game Production
Masterclass in Alexa GAME Production (Dev & Design) – Aug 22nd Wednesday, Aug 22, 2018, 9:00 AM The Sound Training CentreRory Gallagher Corner, 31 Essex Street East Dublin 2 , IE 15 Voicers Went Amazon Alexa – Workshop/Masterclass in GAME…
Voice – The Killer App
Voice – The Killer App We did another talk yesterday for Design Thinkers eXperience, Service Designers & Innovators in Dublin. Speaking in front of a sold out crowd, Dublin, we discussed the opportunities that Voice Enabled experiences can deliver –…
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Using Real World Geography in Voice Apps
Using Real World Geography in Voice Apps One of TsaTsaTzu’s flagship skills is the open ended adventure game 6 Swords. In this game, the player leads a team of up to six characters on expeditions across a fantasy landscape. It’s…
Monetization APIs: The Only Hurdle?
MONETIZATION APIs: THE ONLY HURDLE? Just because you can do something… does it mean you should do something? Google has had monetization tools in place for Google Assistant apps since mid 2017. We haven’t seen great use made of these…
TechCrunch: Amazon Vs Google Collateral Damage
TechCrunch, Observer call out Amazon for collateral damage to TsaTsaTzu Could we clarify something? We’ve had a popular skill called MindMaze working on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant for months. Each is updated regularly as we improve the underlying code…
