The Voice Bot Chronicles is a interactive series about navigating a world where humans are increasingly talking with machines - and machines are talking back. The Voice Bot Chronicles isn’t just for you -- it’s by you. If you’ve ever used your voice to communicate with a digital device and found yourself struggling to be understood, you are not alone. And you might have questions. For example, why doesn’t the machine grasp what I’m saying to it? Is it just machines that don’t understand me? What about other people? The Voice Bot Chronicles is an experiment; you might think of it as an interactive podcast. You don’t just listen to The Voice Bot Chronicles, you also are a part of it. You’ll hear from experts who are at the forefront of understanding conversation and technology, like: Dimitri Kanevsky, a research scientist dedicated to inventing speech technology for people with hearing and speech impairments; Cathy Pearl, Head of Conversational Design at Google who studies what it takes to have a good conversation, and why it’s not as simple as we think; and Zhou Yu, the computer scientist leading the team who created Gunrock, the voicebot who won first place in the 2018 Alexa Prize Challenge. Plus you’ll get the chance to test how well your voicebot understands you, what it takes to make a conversation work, and why you do or don’t connect with your voicebot on a more personal level. Be prepared to talk, and remember: you might not always be understood. Estimated experience time: 20 minutes.
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