S1. E17 - "An interface for people to interact with everything" - Zammo

Voice as an input as well as an interface is considered by many
to be the next frontier in human advancement. According to
Voicebot, there are nearly 90 million US adults owning smart
speakers. This adoption exceeds over a third of consumers with a
compounded annual growth rate exceeding 30%, over the past three
years.


In January 2020, I went to the Project  Voice conference in
Chattanooga, Tennessee. Aside from discovering a lot about voice
technology, devices, and conversational AI, I met some brilliant
people shaping the future of this amazing interface. One
memorable interaction I had, was with Stacey Kyler and Guy Tonye
from Zammo.ai. Zammo is a great example of the rich fruits, born
of voice technology and NoCode sensibility.


This episode wouldn't have been possible without Bradley Metrock,
host of "This Week In Voice", and Executive Producer of the
Project Voice series of conferences and experiences. Here is a
link to register for the Project Voice 2021. I've also included a
brief excerpt from Bradley's interview with  Mark Cuban, who
gives some good advice on how to thrive in this nascent industry
of voice. 


Zammo Demo - 10 mins. 


FYI - Guy is from Cameroon (b/w West and Central Africa). His
name is French and is pronounced like the Gi you wear in
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. 


Hot Takes



7:15 - Stacey Kyler, Operations & Cust
Success, Zammo.


8:18 - About Zammo.


9:47 - Intro - Guy Tonye, Software Engineer.


12:06 - Deeper on Zammo's Order of Solutions.


15:57 - Guy on making technology usable,
accessible, and inclusive.


21:56 - Stacey on serving diverse customer
needs.


29:06 - Guy endorses the NoCode mentality.


31:01 - The foundational tech behind Zammo.


34:38 - Zammo is the easy button for voice
interactions.


39:44 - Trying to be the default invocation.


44:14 - Overcoming challenges in voice.


47:26 - Job Description: Conversation Enabler.


48:41 - Future view on using voice to build
software.


51:20 - Maker Perspective = Use Case + Tool


54:23 - Will voice pass its own Turing test?


55:49 - For solopreneurs, enterprises, and
government agencies.


58:29 - Voice gets better with more users.


1:02:19 Summary and Predictions.



Music Credits


Stephskillie -
https://www.looperman.com/tracks?mid=Stephskillie

Prod. nocredit -
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEmMHfBN2NDsiEteozFVgYQ