Voice UX Today with Cathy Pearl of Google and Adva Levin from Pretzel Labs - Voicebot Podcast Ep 136

My two guests today are widely sought after experts in voice user
experience design. After more than 20 years designing voice user
interfaces, Cathy Pearl is well known in the industry and is the
author of what many people see as the key handbook for voice
application design, "Designing Voice User Interfaces." Cathy
currently serves as head of Conversation Design Outreach at
Google. Prior to Google, Cathy was vice president of user
experience at Sensely and before that worked at Nuance, Tellme,
and Volio. She holds degrees in Computer Science and Cognitive
Science and worked for NASA early in her career. 


 


Adva Levin is founder of Pretzel Labs, an award-winning voice
interaction studio best known for winning the top prize in the
Alexa skills competition for Kids skills in 2018. Other
popular titles by Pretzel labs include Freeze Dancers and Kids
Bop Daily. Pretzel Labs also works with brands, media companies
and government ministries on voice user experience design. Adva
is an Alexa Champion, has undergraduate degrees in Math and
Economics, and a Masters in Fine Arts in creative writing from
Columbia University.  


 


Adva first joined me on Voicebot Podcast back in Episode 49 in
June 2018 and Cathy preceded here by a few months in Episode 30
two years ago this month.