Season 3, Episode 16 (February 28, 2019):

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Featured guest:

Rachel Batish (VP Product, Audioburst)

Mark Webster (Director of Voice UI/UX, Adobe)

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Stories:

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1) Voicebot.AI Story Of The Week: Alexa Accelerator, Powered By Techstars, is back for a third cohort

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2) Congress to Google: How you'd "forget" about the Nest's mic?

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3) Cedars-Sinai Taps Alexa For Smart Hospital Room Pilot

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4) CNET: Consumers no longer think voice assistants are mediocre

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5) Follow That Birde: Birde is an Australian-designed smart speaker for children

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This episode of This Week In Voice is sponsored by Magic + Company, a premiere agency that has helped many top brands find their voice. A Diamond Sponsor of The 2019 Alexa Conference, Magic + Company's Ben Fisher spoke on the necessity of marketers to be thinking about how best to represent their organizations in this new voice-first era. We recommend them for any company looking to create a voice experience or brand extension within these nascent IoT ecosystems.