In Episode 3 we speak with James Poulter, the co-founder of Voice Agency Vixen Labs and answer the question “What’s the Future of … Voice?”.

In this show, we covered a range of topics including:

Why James started podcasting back in 2007
Key learnings from being an early podcaster
How the next generation will interact with computers using voice
How smart speakers will drive the growth of all voice services
Is there a voice “killer app” yet?
What will Google Duplex do for voice?
Building empathy into voice services
The science of voice phrasing for success
The notion of a “brand tone of voice”
Predictions for voice in the next 18 months?
The possibility for dedicated voice departments
Ambient listening - what is it and what are the implications?
How voice is growing thanks to “screen fatigue”
The rise of voice + AR
Voice in the enterprise
Privacy vs utility - crossing the “privacy chasm”
Three things listeners can do next week to experiment with voice

More about James

Twitter: @JamesPoulter
Company: vixenlabs.co
Voice 2 Community

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