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Voice Assistant Timeline
Voice advancements in the last 20 years have been incredible, which means the opportunities are endless! The first voice (or speech) recognition software was created in 1961 by IBM.
Voicebot.ai, Voice Assistant Timeline from 1961 to 2019
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Voice Growth
According to Juniper Research, voice usage increases are well beyond smartphones and smart speakers. TVs, vehicles, and wearables are all expected to grow at a rapid pace with TVs leading with 121% increase.
Juniper Research, The Digital Assistants of Tomorrow Report
$45 Billion Voice
One of the earliest reports on the estimated size of voice commerce was estimated at $45 Billion. The data is still worth exploring and could be right on the mark based on voice surpassing most estimates. Voice Commerce Estimated $45B by 2022. Voice Shopping Set to Jump to $45 Billion By 2022, Rising From $2 Billion Today,
3.25 Billion Voice Assistants
According to Juniper Research, there are over 3.25 billion active voice assistants today and that is expected to grow to over 8 billion by 2023. If these predictions are accurate, there will be more active voice assistants in use than humans on the planet, which is accounting for many US homes that have multiples smart speakers, smartphones, and voice activated devices.
Voicebot.ai
Juniper Paid Research
The book has cited as much of the free research I could in this book but you can purchase the full research report for $4044 USD, €3546, or £2990. Pull a Bethanie and just use the free data. Or be a baller and buy the Juniper Full Research Report $2,290-2,990 (Euro). Juniper Research, The Digital Assistants of Tomorrow,
Voice Adoption
The adoption rate of voice has superseded that of the Internet and smartphones combined. I personally believe that this is because voice is the first interface we don't have to learn to use. Every demographic has adopted voice quickly.
Activate Tech & Media Outlook 2018, Activate Slideshare
Voice Smartphone Usage
People are using their voice assistant on their smart speaker more frequently when cooking, multi-tasking, and watching TV. Whereas, they are using their smartphone voice assistant most, when watching TV, driving, in bed, and when cooking.
PwC, Prepare for the Voice Revolution Report
Prefer Voice
Voice is adding new behaviors that we need to pay attention to, it is not replacing a behavior that we no longer need to worry about. We are seeing that as more people use voice, voice is becoming a prefer way to perform old behaviors.
PwC, Prepare for the Voice Revolution Report
Voice Assistants Control
According to the PwC Consumer Intelligence Series voice assistants survey, voice assistants are beginning to have more influence over purchases.
PwC, Prepare for the Voice Revolution
KMart
KMart created a super cool gift-giving voice skill that helps shoppers find a gift. The voice experience guides customers through an in-depth shopping experience.
Bret Kinsella, Matt Ware and Lachlan Pottenger of First Talk Voice Shopping in Australia – Voicebot Podcast Ep 85, Voicebot.ai
Oh Lord
The Church of England in London launched a voice skill on Alexa and got more than 75,000 questions in the first year. 4,500 new people integrated this voice experience into their daily lives.
Christian Today, 75,000 people asked the Church of England for help on Alexa
Voice Takes Over!
More Voice Assistants than humans! Apple was first to the game, Amazon led the market, and Google has made the most progress adapting and understanding language. At this point Google has a 95% success rate with English speaking languages. Amazon is second and Apple continues to lag behind them both.
Prediction by Ronan De Renesse, Virtual digital assistants to overtake the world population by 2021, Ovum
Facebook AI
“Facebook would be interested in is offering smart digital assistants — something that has a level of common sense" according to Facebook’s Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun
Bret Kinsella, Facebook’s Chief AI Scientist Says the Service Would Like to Offer Smart Digital Assistants. Here’s Why, Voicebot.ai
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