This year’s SpeechTEK brought together voice technology professionals, enterprise users of voice solutions, and industry thought leaders to discuss the future of voice. The conference was held in Washington, DC.

Our Head of Product Ellen Juhlin was there to speak on the panel “Speech Technologies Inside the Enterprise,” focusing on how voice has been opening new opportunities for enterprise applications. Juhlin joined Raul Castanon-Martinez from 451 Research alongside CEOs and executives from Apprente, RingCentral, and Voicea.

The panel explored enterprise applications of speech technology and revealed compelling insights on how speech recognition and natural language will revolutionize the way individuals in the enterprise collaborate with each other as well as machines.

These are the three key themes that emerged from the panel and from our explorations at SpeechTEK:

Voice is increasingly important to industries like hospitality and field services. The need for real-time voice technology that can integrate with enterprise software like Salesforce, Slack, IBM Watson, and other modern or AI-driven tools will only get greater.

In 2019, providers must integrate with their customers’ toolchains. Today’s customer is focused on maximizing operational efficiency, team accountability, and big data management. That means creating solutions that not only use quality voice recognition and highly performant systems but also streamlined workflows, business integrations, and security.

Users of voice applications are comfortable with voice commands. Devices have become better at capturing and understanding natural language, and users have become comfortable with anticipating how a new voice application will respond to them without excessive amounts of explanation or training.

We thank Raul Castanon-Martinez for the invitation to join 451 Research at SpeechTEK. Were you there and want to share your thoughts? Let us know on Twitter.

Orion Head of Product, Ellen Juhlin, to speak on the panel, “Speech Technologies Inside the Enterprise”

Who: The Head of Product of Orion Labs Inc., Ellen Juhlin, will be joining 451 Research, Apprente, Inc., RingCentral, and Voicea in the panel “Speech Technologies Inside the Enterprise,” scheduled for Tuesday, April 30 from 4:15 – 5 p.m. ET at the Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel. The panel will focus on how voice has been opening new opportunities for enterprise applications. Juhlin leads product development of Orion’s innovative voice communication platform, mobile apps, and web interfaces.

What: You’re invited to join the discussion among leading industry experts in voice at SpeechTEK 2019. The panel will provide compelling insights on how speech recognition and natural language will revolutionize the way individuals in the enterprise collaborate with each other as well as machines. Speakers will also share their thoughts on key opportunities and challenges for speech in enterprise applications.

Speakers include:

• Ellen Juhlin, Head of Product, Orion
• Raul Castañón, Senior Analyst, 451 Research
• Itamar Arel, CEO, Apprente, Inc.
• Amritesh Chaudhuri, SVP Product & Solutions Marketing, RingCentral
• Cory Treffiletti, Chief Marketing Officer, Voicea

When: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 (4:15 – 5 p.m. ET)

Where: Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel

999 9th Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

To schedule a meeting at the event, please email: press@orionlabs.io

About Orion Labs Inc.

Orion Labs Inc. is transforming the way teams collaborate and work using the power of voice. Orion delivers instant and secure voice and location communication across a constellation of connected devices, applications, and AI workflows. The Orion Push to Talk app enables mobile teams to communicate without losing focus, on any device, without boundaries. The company provides a powerful API and SDK for developers to build, integrate, and create new software, AI workflows, and services powered by the Orion platform.

Orion was named an IDC Innovator in 2018, received a 2019 Edison Award for Voice & Hearing Technology, and won the 2018 “IoT Wearables Innovation Vendor of the Year” award. The company was founded by cloud infrastructure pioneers Jesse Robbins and Greg Albrecht, who were inspired by their unique experiences using traditional radios as first responders. Orion is based in San Francisco, CA.

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