Talk to Me

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Brilliant and essential . . . You’ll find insights and meaning on every page, and you’ll keep turning them. This book is dynamite. Conversational AI is a genuine paradigm shift in our experience with technology. Vlahos brings the whole story to life . . . A thoughtful and enjoyable read. The baton of disruption has been passed from the smart phone to voice, and Vlahos helps make sense of this tectonic shift. Voice computing is revolutionising the way we interact with our devices. Talk to Me offers a road map showing how we got to this point and the opportunities and risks that lie ahead. James Vlahos has written an excellent book on how voice computing has become more and more of a growing presence in our everyday world. A thought-provoking debut . . . Evincing a talent for making the technical both easily understandable and intriguing, [Vlahos] explains how developers today are trying to further improve the user experience through machine learning . . . Readers will finish this timely book with a newfound appreciation for, and perhaps some apprehension toward, their favorite voice bot and the technological marvel it represents. A deep history . . . well researched and reported, written by someone with a deep understanding of the tech itself. Talk to Me explains a paradigm shift in the way we consume information . . . Artfully mixes the recounting of what key technologies do with an account of the history of how they came to be . . . I hope our folks at the defence and IT ministries are paying attention to this book. A good starting point for exploring how voice computing could disrupt your business . . . Talk to Me does a terrific job of explaining why voice computing is such a fascinating and promising technology. Expand reviews