Guest: Bret Kinsella, Founder and CEO of Voicebot.ai 

Topic: The State of Voice Technology and What Comes Next

Bret joins Dave for the 50th episode of the podcast to break down the current state of voice technology, with a look toward what's on the horizon with conversational voice assistants. 

The two talk through the following topics:

- The current phase of voice assistants: habituation & specialization - all the various ways that people are gradually building the habit of using voice assistants, along with the specialized voice assistants that are being built for specific domains (i.e. banking, healthcare, agriculture)

- How different modalities (speakers, smart displays, smart TV's, hearables) are adding breadth in use cases and perpetuating the habituation of voice assistants

- How the Alexa, Google and Siri ecosystems are taking shape and what to expect in the near future for each of these, as well as some of the more niche players

- The importance of media to voice assistants and why Bret & Dave agree that it will likely be one of the most impactful use cases for conversational AI 

- Marsbot and the emergence of hearables-specific applications for voice assistants 

Episode Transcription: https://futurear.co/2020/11/12/050-bret-kinsella-the-state-of-voice-tech-what-comes-next/