The Voice-based AI Trends for 2019
The year 2018 saw a huge flux in the use of AI-based tools and applications, being adopted even by small and midsize businesses (SMBs), making inroads into almost all industry verticals such as automobile, healthcare, manufacturing, homes and more.
Today, more and more people are aware of AI technology and is heavily integrated into everyday life from voice-based AI such as Google Home and Amazon Alexa, Facebook to text-based AI in the form of smartwatches and smart glasses.
AI has made our lives much easier, providing businesses with the chance to automate repetitive tasks, customize customer experiences, manage supply chains, and increase operational efficiencies thereby making operations easier and efficient. At home front, they can provide assistance from anything as simple as selecting a playlist to moderately complex tasks such as searching for the perfect recipe, to booking flights or hotels and more.
the depth of the output layer.
Hyperparameters of Conv layer — Depth, Stride, Padding.
The number of filters used is called Depth of the Conv layer. It determines the depth of output volume.
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According to TechCrunch, the smart voice AI market reached a critical stage in 2018, with around 41% of U.S. consumers owning a voice-activated speaker, an increase of 21.5% in comparison to 2017. AI-powered chatbots have also become popular in recent times and are deployed by businesses for many functions, the most popular being used to improving customer service.
Voice AI in 2019 — Something to Look Forward to
The advancement in AI technology is going to continue in 2019 and beyond. We’ll see Voice Assistants becoming smarter with a lot more of Augmented Intelligence being used. It will make it easy for you to capture your thoughts wherever you are, with simple voice interaction and allowing it to take action on your behalf.
Fixing appointments or reordering things, and more, the simple things that you tend to forget, your Voice AI will connect all the data from your devices and do it for you, thereby taking more control of your lives.
Increased Use of Voice-based Searches
According to a report by Gartner, more than 30% of searches will be voice-based. Today you see people using Google Home and Alexa to order food, cab rides, and other search-related items online. Their AI strategy includes embracing conversational audio AI OS in addition to the visual media integrations.
“ Voice is such a natural way of interaction, and manufacturers are realising that if they can enable their product to be controlled by voice, consumers will respond to it.”
The emergence of Voice Persona and cultural implications
It is often said that giving the machine a voice is giving it a personality. Text AI truly lacks persona while voice AI brings in a more complex tone, speed, pitch, and personality. A case in point is the flexibility of Google Assistant to change from a male to a female voice and even with a British or Australian accent. Soon voice personas will eventually mimic what a real person would say, think and behave.
While texting is one of the most popular forms of communication today. Voice actionable AI will let you do a number of chores and is a personalized form of communication with speed, tone, and style.
For example, with Google Assistant you can select the voice whether male or female, select the speed for your agents, thereby allowing an intimate relationship between the AI agent and the user.
The romantic science-fiction drama film movie “Her” where Joaquin Phoenix develops a relationship with Samantha, an intelligent AI-powered computer operating system personified through a female voice.
Then there was the movie “Iron Man” where you had JARVIS, an assistant that is Artificial Intelligence and is super friendly.
Increased Automotive Voice AI
From IBM Watson’s partnership with the General Motors OnStar platform to Toyota’s $1 billion investment in AI-based self-driving technology, the confluence of AI with automotive technology has started to transform the automotive retail landscape. It seems that every stakeholder in the automotive industry is looking for a way to capitalize on recent advances in AI technology. So get ready for endless “next generation in-vehicle experiences”. For example, LG has confirmed that its operating system webOS, which it uses for smart TVs, will migrate to the car, and include Alexa. Microsoft’s Cortana software will also get into the cockpit, while Nuance’s Dragon Drive platform will show-off a “multi-sensorial, cognitive mobility assistant”.
The bottom line
In a new voice-dominated ecosystem, businesses will have to work double-time in order to make it easier for customers to search and shop. Providing voice content to every query should be more informative than salesy. Since we speak in full sentences, it is essential for businesses to use long-tailed keywords and mimic natural speech patterns.
Voice AI is still at a nascent stage and marketing professionals are only getting a brief glimpse of things to come. For the purposes of a first-mover advantage and differentiation, this is the time for brands to make a foray into this bandwagon, To stay ahead, marketers need to start experimenting with this technology for their brand to transition seamlessly when the voice revolution takes over.
Know more about voice technology solutions at Winimy and how it can change the way you do business. Get in touch with us at versa@winimy.com.