The Voicefirst Roundtable

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews tech luminary Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media. O'Reilly, whose book WTF: What's The Future And Why It's Up To Us comes out October 10 and is available to pre-order on Amazon, offers a number of keen insights on the burgeoning voice-first sector and what is required to create a healthy, thriving tech ecosystem. The VoiceFirst Roundtable is part of the VoiceFirst.FM podcast network.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews Jonathon Myers, CEO and co-founder of Earplay, and his Chief Creative Officer, Dave Grossman. As Earplay is involved in producing interactive games and immersive audio experiences, the episode begins with a discussion of the state of monetization of voice applications, and spans a wide range of video game-related topics, including Myers' and Grossman's favorite video games of all time, and what makes a good audio-based game in the first place.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews Adam Marchick, CEO and co-founder of VoiceLabs. The conversation ranges from VoiceLabs' unique analytics offering for companies developing voice applications, the difference between voice analytics and analytics in the web and mobile spaces, the importance of discovery to the future of voice applications, and even the difference between the cuisines available in Nashville (home of VoiceFirst.FM) and Silicon Valley, where Marchick calls home.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews Nandini Stocker, Head of Conversation Design Advocacy and Partnerships for Google. The wide-ranging interview spans conversation design, conversation on Twitter about highlighting more women working in voice technology, conversation about science fiction (including Arrival and Star Trek), conversation about Google's objectives with its technology, and finally, conversation about the specter of cancer which has affected both participants on the show. The importance of voice - human voice - in having meaningful conversations, sooner rather than later, underlies all aspects of this emerging field of voice technology. Nandini Stocker's post, "Honoring The Voices Within And Among Us, Before They're Gone," can be found here: https://medium.com/@stocker/honoring-the-voices-within-and-among-us-before-theyre-gone-fbf643c6eb41

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews Leor Grebler, CEO and co-founder of UCIC, a company which specializes in helping hardware makers integrate voice technology into their products. Grebler discusses his front-row view to the voice-first evolution, seen through the prism of his 2012 Kickstarter for "The Ubi," leading to where he and his company is today. (For full show notes as well as links referenced during the podcast, visit VoiceFirst.FM.)

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews Mark Webster (CEO) and Scott Werner (CTO) of Sayspring. The wide-ranging discussion spans Sayspring's origin, the definition and purpose of voice design, the Echo Show, and basketball!

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews Dr. Ahmed Bouzid (CEO, Witlingo). Topics include monetization of voice skills, the type of experience that should be provided for discovering skills, and the work Dr. Bouzid is doing with both Witlingo as well as the Ubiquitous Voice Society.

Host Bradley Metrock (CEO, Score Publishing) interviews well-known technology analyst and entrepreneur Brian Rommele (ReadMultiplex.com) about the state of voice-first technology, issues confronting voice-first computing, and where the entire movement is headed.