Voice Technology

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Stoyanov: Voice AI built for housing translated directly to healthcare administration
“We developed our voice technology over the housing space and that has translated really, really well in the healthcare space. And the same thing with a lot of the scheduling optimizations we've been doing have translated quite, quite well.”
Tony Stoyanov Aug 21, 2025 ▶ 32:34 Can AI Fix Housing and Healthcare Affordability?
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Ballmer: Mastering Voice Technology Requires Owning a Smartphone Platform
“There's so many technologies that are hard to not just popularize, but even get good at, unless you have a phone these days, just take voice. You know, if you want to really be good at voice. You got to get enough signal and you'll get the signal off the phone…”
Steve Ballmer Jun 2, 2025 ▶ 1:14:48 The Steve Ballmer Interview · Acquired
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Acharya Argues Voice Tech Expands Markets Rather Than Replacing Existing Interfaces
“On the other hand, if you're maybe a senior citizen, You know, you simply, I mean, maybe you're interacting with technology, but you're really struggling with it, and this unlocks every product for you, potentially, so I think it's a market expansion positive …”
Anish Acharya Dec 15, 2023 ▶ 9:22 Big Ideas in 2024: Voice-First Apps Will Become Integral to Our Lives with Anish Acharya
Montgomery: Voice technology in 2018 is like computing in the 1970s
“In the voice market, it's not the first inning of the game. It is literally the first at bat. This technology is so early. It You could think of voice technology like computer technology in the late 19 seventies.”
Josh Montgomery Oct 1, 2018 ▶ 12:17 1164 Want Your Own Alexa, Without Amazon Influence? Mycroft Raises $8m For Opensource Voice Stack

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