At this year’s SpeechTek several speakers and exhibitors made a strong case for “business transformation,” as opposed to disruption.
Intelligent Assistants
Intelligent Assistants Awards Honor Best-in-Class Automated Self-Service Systems
Three winners will be awarded at Intelligent Assistants Conference (Oct 13-14) that show innovation, prove business value and deliver a superior customer experience.
Enterprise Intelligent Assistants are Everywhere!
You don’t need an Intelligent Assistant of your own to tell you that the age of Intelligent Assistance is already upon us (although it could). The work they are doing for millions of customers of hundreds of firms in dozens of countries speaks for itself.
Opus Research Report: “Decision-Makers’ Guide to Enterprise Intelligent Assistants”
Opus Research defines “Eight Characteristics of Highly Successful Enterprise Intelligent Assistants (EIAs)” and identifies 13 firms whose platforms offer human-like, automated services as a natural user interface for customer care and self-service.
Cortana Analytics: Microsoft’s Push Into Enterprise Intelligent Assistance
With the announcement of Cortana Analytics Suite, Microsoft is offering intelligent assistance for the enterprise with business-ready components for machine learning and predictive analytics.
Google and Facebook Pursue Different Flavors of Intelligent Assistance
Google and Facebook are stirring up activity in the realm of Intelligent Assistance.
Dual Evolutionary Paths for Intelligent Assistants
Enterprise Intelligent Assistants (EIAs) are quickly morphing from “assistants” into “advisors,” informed by decades of FAQs, contents of Web chats and transcripts of contact center recordings.
Amazon Makes Intelligent Assistance Easier With Alexa Voice Services and a Free SDK
Amazon created simple tools and APIs for app developers to use to add a human-like spoken interface to mobile, consumer electronic devices.
Intelligent Assistants Conference 2015 to be held at W New York October 13-14
IAC 2015 features real-world case studies from executives improving customer experience and self-service efficiency. Valid entries to the Intelligent Assistants Awards (IAAs) receive two complimentary passes to attend.
Unleash the Hound! SoundHound to Houndify Intelligent Assistance
Hound raises the bar for rapid, responsive, multi-topic, natural language, spoken input to mobile devices for search, communications digital commerce and Q&A.