voice assistants

An intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) or intelligent personal assistant (IPA) is a software agent that can perform tasks or services for an individual based on commands or questions. The term "chatbot" is sometimes used to refer to virtual assistants generally or specifically accessed by online chat. In some cases, online chat programs are exclusively for entertainment purposes. Some virtual assistants are able to interpret human speech and respond via synthesized voices. Users can ask their assistants questions, control home automation devices and media playback via voice, and manage other basic tasks such as email, to-do lists, and calendars with verbal (spoken?) commands.

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How Amazon Hopes To Make Alexa King Of The Road
How Amazon Hopes To Make Alexa King Of The Road
September 04, 2019  |  Voice Activation

When it comes to the household, Amazon’s Alexa rules the roost as America’s favored artificial intelligence (AI)- based voice assistant. It controls between 60 percent...

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Voice-Assisted Retail Amps Up As Holidays Loom
Voice-Assisted Retail Amps Up As Holidays Loom
August 29, 2019  |  Retail

As the all-important 2019 holiday shopping season looms for merchants, the area of voice is becoming hotter and more sophisticated, foreshadowing a trend that will...

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Voice Promises To Play A Big Retail Role This Holiday Season
Voice Promises To Play A Big Retail Role This Holiday Season
August 20, 2019  |  Retail

When it comes to the holiday shopping season — an increasing area of focus for retail as the year starts to wind down — it’s not...

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Deep Dive: Voice Assistant Technology For Mobile Order-Ahead
Deep Dive: Voice Assistant Technology For Mobile Order-Ahead
July 30, 2019  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Voice-activated food ordering was once limited to the realm of science fiction. Captain Jean-Luc Picard of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” was famous for ordering...

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Who Will Be The Consumer’s Everyday App?
Who Will Be The Consumer’s Everyday App?
July 29, 2019  |  Ecosystems

Everyone wants to be the consumer’s everyday app – the “super app” to rule them all, the front door into the goods and services consumers...

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The Rise Of The QSR Rewards Aggregator
The Rise Of The QSR Rewards Aggregator
July 26, 2019  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Mobile order-ahead is showing no signs of slowing down, with restaurant delivery expected to grow three times faster than dine-in between 2018 and 2023. In...

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Samsung Introduces Bixby Marketplace
Samsung Introduces Bixby Marketplace
July 01, 2019  |  Voice Activation

Samsung is introducing a marketplace for Bixby, the company’s voice assistant, despite its relatively unknown name when stacked against the likes of Alexa, Siri and Cortana. ...

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Amazon Pay Bullish On Voice Payments Future
Amazon Pay Bullish On Voice Payments Future
June 04, 2019  |  Amazon

Patrick Gauthier, vice president of Amazon Pay, said voice payment through digital assistants will transform the payments industry in the same way mobile phones did,...

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Digital Platforms Are Optimistic About the Future
Digital Platforms Are Optimistic About the Future
May 17, 2019  |  Payments As A Service

Business investments in voice technology are speaking loud and clear about priorities. According to a new Adobe study, 91 percent of companies were investing in...

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