Testing and Quality Experiences for Voice with John Kelvie - Episode 34

In this episode, Roger talks with John Kelvie. John is the founder and CEO of Bespoken, a tool for testing and QA of voice applications.

John is a voice veteran. Prior to founding Bespoken, John was the CTO of XappMedia, an early innovator in audio advertising. 

John and Roger discuss:

• Voice in the "old days" e.g. 2018
• John's work with voice and XappMedia and interactive audio/advertising
• John's founding of Bespoken
• Running a company based in Peru
• Bespoken's mascot, a llama and the history behind it
• What Bespoken does and the value of QA/Testing in voice
• Build pipelines for voice
• Industries with deep commitments to voice.
• The recently concluded Google Accelerator for Voice companies - Bespoken was part of the cohort
• Voice in the car, in the TV and in the Kitchen
• Voice in the call center/IVR and the opportunities there
• Microsoft's acquisition of Nuance and what it means for the voice industry
• Integrating voice into mobile apps
• The rise of independent voice apps, why and what it means for the voice industry
• John's passion for QA and Dev Ops
• Career advice - look at Dev Ops!
• Samsung and voice and the opportunities for TV and Voice
• John's hidden gem voice experience
• Johns short-term and long-term predictions for voice.

Links from the Show
Bespoken - bespoken.io

Keeping in Touch
John on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/john-kelvie
John on Twitter - @jpkbst
Bespoken on Twitter - @bespokenio

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Samsung

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