Bots have proven to be quick and efficient helpers that keep users engaged, streamline customer support, and even drive sales. But with the popularity of business bots on the rise, the need to track their performance is also growing in importance.
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Bots have proven to be quick and efficient helpers that keep users engaged, streamline customer support, and even drive sales. But with the popularity of business bots on the rise, the need to track their performance is also growing in importance.
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"I listen to so much Beatles music, you can't imagine. But I'm now hearing some background vocals that I've never heard before—and I have really good speakers," said Dr. Robert Sweetow, PhD, a renowned Audiologist. "I'm hearing better, right now, on my phone than with my hearing aids," marveled Carl, a pilot who has trouble hearing numbers in the cockpit.
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Canceling a service contract is often synonymous with frustration. Simply mentioning the task in a conversation will inevitably elicit eye-rolls followed by long rants on past experiences with different call centers.
Data can be slippery. Bad if you have none, nightmarish if you have too much.
In 1983, a three-year experiment began. Trained observers sat in 40 homes of rich and poor families to record hours of babbling between the parents and their babies. Researchers at the University of Kansas set up this ambitious project to investigate whether the language parents use during the earliest years of their child's life affected their academic success later on.
Don't you just hate it when something really cool isn't available in your country?
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"Alexa, what's the solubility of sodium hydroxide?"
"Sorry, I don't know that one."
It's okay, Alexa, neither do we. But not to worry, one Atlanta-based startup is working to change that with their own science-savvy virtual assistant: Helix.
There is an art to reading a book to a child. You pace your every word, pause at exactly the right moments, and maybe even read their favorite parts one more time. If you're in the mood, you even give each character their own voice and add your own sound effects for the wind whooshing through the trees and the duck quacking in a pond.
Healthcare has become somewhat of a muse for voice tech startups, inspiring countless admirable innovations including smart assistants to monitor aging patients, automated transcribers to streamline doctors reports, Alexa-powered medical devices, and even hearing aids that translate over 27 languages.
