├── README.md └── _config.yml /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Ultimate Guide to Voice Assistants 2 | Curation of startups, resources, people, posts etc in the voice-space 3 | 4 | This is my first guide posted on GitHub, bear with me. You can submit a pull request with anything else you think should be added here. 5 | 6 | [Originally posted on Medium](https://medium.com/@bentossell/ultimate-guide-to-voice-assistants-def7d515a27f#.fq4hs7vhg) 7 | 8 | ![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1200/1*o0WSmUVEkM16AbbRyhTqiQ.jpeg) 9 | Image credit — [CNET: Kids try to stump 10 | Alexa](https://www.cnet.com/videos/kids-try-to-stump-alexa/) 11 | 12 | It will come as no surprise to those of you reading this (thanks!), that the 13 | interest and applications of ‘Voice-Assistants’ is growing rapidly. Amazon Alexa 14 | [recently hit 10,000 15 | skills](https://www.wired.com/2017/02/amazon-alexa-hits-10000-skills-plenty-room-grow/) 16 | and there is talk around [what will drive 17 | adoption](http://venturebeat.com/2017/02/25/heres-what-will-drive-adoption-for-another-10000-amazon-alexa-skills/) 18 | for the next 10,000. I wont be diving into specifics and discussing issues like 19 | [retention](http://www.recode.net/2017/1/23/14340966/voicelabs-report-alexa-google-assistant-echo-apps-discovery-problem). 20 | That is not what this post is about. 21 | 22 | > There are lots of resources & tools, tons of cool products, frameworks, articles 23 | > and people out there to help you learn about the landscape. 24 | 25 | ### 💫 Here are some that I find particularly useful 💫 26 | 27 | "2017 will be a defining moment for voice. Voice-first devices shipped by year: 28 | 29 | 2015: 1.7 million, 30 | 2016: 6.6 million, 31 | 2017: 24.5 million" 32 | [The 2017 Voice Report](http://voicelabs.co/2017/01/15/the-2017-voice-report/) 33 | by VoiceLabs 34 | 35 | ***** 36 | 37 | ### 🤔 How To Use This 38 | 39 | **📰 News**: There is very little on the newsletter front focusing on 40 | Voice-Assistants. [Matt Hartman](https://medium.com/@MattHartman) does the best 41 | one IMO. 42 | 43 | > *I’m thinking of starting one too —[if you’re interested, sign up!](https://upscri.be/146843-2)* 44 | 45 | **🍜 Startups**: Always interesting to see the companies operating in these 46 | spaces. They are broken down into different categories so you can easily jump 47 | into ‘Building’, ‘Products’, ‘Analytics’ etc. If you think there are some that 48 | need adding,[tell me here](https://twitter.com/bentossell)**.** 49 | 50 | **🤑 Funding:** This is just to outline some companies/funds that are very 51 | focused in the space right now. Again, if I’ve missed some worthwhile,[tell me here](https://twitter.com/bentossell)**.** 52 | 53 | **👥 People & Posts:** These are some of the awesome people I follow and have 54 | come across. I’ve linked them all, you should check them out. If I’ve missed 55 | some worthwhile, you know to [tell me here](https://twitter.com/bentossell)**.** 56 | 57 | ### Enjoy 😊! 58 | 59 | #### 🚀 I’ve added a little note about [an experiment I’m working on](http://www.buildvoices.com/) at the end of this post. 60 | A community helping facilitate connections to; 61 | 62 | > - Get a skill made/make skills for people/companies
- Find investors active 63 | > in the field
- Intros to other active enthusiasts
- Bounce ideas around 64 | with others
- Advice & mentorship from experienced individuals
- 65 | Resources and tools to help you build
- Discover interesting products and 66 | companies 67 | 68 | ***** 69 | 70 | ### 📰 News 71 | 72 | ### 🗞 Newsletters 73 | [Hearing Voices](https://www.getrevue.co/profile/hearingvoices) 74 | 75 | [The Official Amazon Alexa Developer Newsletter](https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit/alexa-developer-newsletter-subscription) 76 | 77 | [Made By Google](https://madeby.google.com/home/learn/) 78 | > *(General Google news + Google Home. Subscribe at bottom of their page)* 79 | 80 | ### 🖥 Websites/Sources 81 | [Medium - Alexa](https://medium.com/tag/alexa) 82 | 83 | [Medium - Voice Assistant](https://medium.com/tag/voice-assistant) 84 | 85 | [Medium - Amazon Echo](https://medium.com/tag/amazon-echo) 86 | 87 | [Medium - Google Home](https://medium.com/tag/google-home) 88 | 89 | [Medium - Siri](https://medium.com/tag/siri) 90 | 91 | [Medium - Voice](https://medium.com/tag/voice) 92 | 93 | [VentureBeat - Voice Assistants](http://venturebeat.com/search/?q=voice%20assistant) 94 | 95 | [Reddit - Alexa](https://www.reddit.com/r/alexa/) 96 | 97 | [Reddit - Amazon Echo](https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonecho/) 98 | 99 | [Reddit - Google Home](https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/) 100 | 101 | [WIRED - Voice Assistants](https://www.wired.com/?s=voice+assistant) 102 | 103 | [TechCrunch - Alexa](https://techcrunch.com/tag/alexa/) 104 | 105 | [TechCrunch - Google Home](https://techcrunch.com/tag/google-home/) 106 | 107 | [VoiceLabs](http://voicelabs.co/blog/) 108 | 109 | [ReadMultiplex](http://readmultiplex.com/) 110 | 111 | [Hackernoon - Alexa](https://hackernoon.com/tagged/alexa) 112 | 113 | 114 | ### 📜 General news in space (not Voice specific) 115 | [Inside - Technically Sentient](https://inside.com/technically-sentient) 116 | 117 | [Bot Publication](https://botpublication.com/) 118 | 119 | [Go Mainstrm](http://gomainstrm.com/) 120 | 121 | [Chatbots Magazine](https://chatbotsmagazine.com/) 122 | 123 | [Locutius](http://tinyletter.com/locutius) 124 | 125 | [O'Reilly Bots Podcast](https://www.oreilly.com/topics/oreilly-bots-podcast) 126 | 127 | [Messaging Weekly](http://www.messagingweekly.com/) — curated by the 128 | [Smooch](https://smooch.io/) team 129 | 130 | [Chatbots Weekly](http://www.chatbotsweekly.com/) — Curated by [Omar 131 | Pera](https://twitter.com/ompemi) and the [Reply.ai](https://www.reply.ai/) team 132 | 133 | ***** 134 | 135 | ### 🍜 Startups 136 | 137 | ### 🗣 Platforms 138 | [Amazon Developer](https://developer.amazon.com/alexa/agencies-and-tools) 139 | 140 | [Actions on Google](https://developers.google.com/actions/) 141 | 142 | [Mycroft](https://mycroft.ai/) 143 | 144 | [Microsoft Cortana](https://www.microsoft.com/en/mobile/experiences/cortana/) 145 | 146 | [Apple Siri](http://www.apple.com/uk/ios/siri/) 147 | 148 | [Viv](http://viv.ai/) 149 | 150 | 151 | ### 👔 Companies 152 | 153 | [Capito Systems](http://www.capitosystems.com/) 154 | 155 | [Cognitive Code — Silvia](http://www.silvia4u.com/) 156 | 157 | [Mindmeld](https://www.mindmeld.com/) 158 | 159 | [Nuance](http://www.nuance.com/index.htm) 160 | 161 | [Verbio](https://www.verbio.com/) 162 | 163 | [Raven Tech](https://www.raventech.com/box) ([Acq by 164 | Baidu](https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2017-02-16/baidu-failing-fast-is-a-smart-move-to-build-a-future?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social)) 165 | 166 | [Mobvoi](http://www.chumenwenwen.com/en/site/index.html) 167 | 168 | ### ☁️ Cloud Services 169 | 170 | [Amazon Lex](https://aws.amazon.com/lex/) 171 | 172 | [Amazon Polly](https://aws.amazon.com/polly/) 173 | 174 | [Google Cloud Platform](https://cloud.google.com/) 175 | 176 | [Microsoft Cognitive 177 | Services](https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services/en-us/) 178 | 179 | ### 🛠 Build 180 | 181 | ### - SDKs & Frameworks 182 | 183 | [Assist](http://www.assi.st/) 184 | 185 | [Alexa Skills Kit](https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-skills-kit) 186 | 187 | [Pullstring](https://www.pullstring.com/build_alexa_skills_fast) 188 | 189 | [Conversable](http://conversable.com/) 190 | 191 | [Bespoken Tools](https://bespoken.tools/for-alexa-skills-kit) 192 | 193 | [Api.ai for Google Assistant](https://api.ai/google-assistant/) 194 | 195 | [Api.ai for Amazon Alexa](https://docs.api.ai/docs/alexa-integration) 196 | 197 | [Kitt.ai](http://kitt.ai/) 198 | 199 | [Sayspring](http://www.sayspring.com/) 200 | 201 | [Houndify](https://www.houndify.com/) 202 | 203 | [Smartly.ai](http://smartly.ai/) 204 | 205 | [Gomix](https://gomix.com/) 206 | 207 | [IFTTT](https://ifttt.com/amazon_alexa) 208 | 209 | ### - Extras 210 | 211 | This post by [Brian Donohue](https://medium.com/@bthdonohue) is a great place to 212 | get started: [Build your first Alexa skill](https://medium.com/@bthdonohue/build-your-first-alexa-skill-8a37dc3103d6) 213 | 214 | [AlexaTutorial](https://alexatutorial.com/) 215 | 216 | [How to Build your First Amazon Alexa Skill (eBook) by Rocket Insights](http://www.rocketinsights.com/work/alexa/) 217 | 218 | [Alexa, what's for lunch?](https://iot-for-all.com/alexa-whats-for-lunch-fb02062e54b9?gi=e74cd4f8c4ea) 219 | 220 | [Build an Alexa Skill in 7 Minutes Flat with Node.js and StdLib](https://hackernoon.com/build-an-alexa-skill-in-7-minutes-flat-with-node-js-and-stdlib-70611f58c37f?gi=b4de0b1bba57) 221 | 222 | [alexa message builder](https://www.npmjs.com/package/alexa-message-builder) 223 | 224 | 225 | ### 💼 Agencies 226 | 227 | [Xandra](https://www.xandra.com/) 228 | 229 | [Assist](http://www.assi.st/) 230 | 231 | [Rain](https://rain.agency/alexa/) 232 | 233 | [Mobiquity](https://www.mobiquityinc.com/alexa) 234 | 235 | [Matchbox](http://matchboxmobile.com/) 236 | 237 | [Solstice](http://www.solstice.com/alexa?utm_source=Amazon Alexa Partner 238 | Page&utm_campaign=Amazon Alexa Partner Page) 239 | 240 | [SciFutures](http://www.scifutures.com/alexa) 241 | 242 | [VaynerMedia](http://www.vaynermedia.com/) 243 | 244 | [Witlingo, Inc.](http://www.witlingo.com/) 245 | 246 | [AKQA](http://www.akqa.com/work/jamie-oliver/amazon-alexa-skill/) 247 | 248 | [Razorfish](https://www.razorfish.com/) 249 | 250 | [Giant Spoon](http://www.giantspoon.com/) 251 | 252 | [Iconmobile](http://www.iconmobile.com/) 253 | 254 | [Newscycle Solutions](http://newscycle.com/mobile) 255 | 256 | [Blink](https://blinkux.com/alexa) 257 | 258 | [Mindshare](http://www.mindshareintheloop.com/) 259 | 260 | [TribalScale](http://www.tribalscale.com/) 261 | 262 | [Volara](https://volara.io/) 263 | 264 | [Vectorform](https://www.vectorform.com/) 265 | 266 | [XAPPmedia, Inc.](https://xappmedia.com/develop-custom-alexa-skills/) 267 | 268 | [Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation](http://www.ucic.io/) 269 | 270 | [UI Centric](http://www.uicentric.com/) 271 | 272 | [Opearlo](http://www.opearlo.com/) 273 | 274 | [VocaliD](https://www.vocalid.co/) 275 | 276 | [Conversant Labs](http://www.conversantlabs.com/) 277 | 278 | [Future of Voice](http://www.futureofvoice.com/) 279 | 280 | ### 📈 Analytics 281 | 282 | [VoiceLabs.co](http://voicelabs.co/) 283 | 284 | [Opearlo Analytics](https://analytics.opearlo.com/) 285 | 286 | [Witlingo, Inc](http://www.witlingo.com/) 287 | 288 | [dashbot](https://www.dashbot.io/) 289 | 290 | [Botanalytics](http://botanalytics.co/) 291 | 292 | ### 🎙 Products 293 | 294 | Alexa Skills Store App on 295 | [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/amazon-alexa/id944011620?mt=8) and 296 | [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.dee.app) 297 | 298 | [Unofficial Alexa Skills Store](https://www.alexaskillstore.com/) 299 | 300 | [OK Google](http://ok-google.io/) 301 | 302 | [Reverb 2.0](https://reverb.ai/) 303 | 304 | [Clarke.ai](https://clarke.ai/) 305 | 306 | [Mylestone](https://mylestone.com/) 307 | 308 | [EchoSim](https://echosim.io/welcome) 309 | 310 | [astra](http://www.astraapp.com/) 311 | 312 | [Hound](http://soundhound.com/hound) 313 | 314 | [Finie](https://clinc.com/finie.html) 315 | 316 | ### 🤖 Hardware 317 | 318 | [Nucleus](https://nucleuslife.com/) 319 | 320 | [Jam Voice](https://www.jamaudio.com/jam-voicetm-portable-wifi-and-bluetooth-speaker-with-amazon-alexa) 321 | 322 | [Ivee](https://helloivee.com/) 323 | 324 | [Jibo](https://www.jibo.com/) 325 | 326 | [Whyd](https://whyd.com/) 327 | 328 | [Kuri](https://www.heykuri.com/) 329 | 330 | [Lynx](http://www.ubtrobot.com/news/detail195.html) 331 | 332 | [Hello Egg](http://helloegg.net/) 333 | 334 | [Triby IO](http://www.invoxia.com/triby-io/) 335 | 336 | [Petnet](http://www.petnet.io/) 337 | 338 | [TrackR](https://thetrackr.com/) 339 | 340 | [Musaic](http://www.musaic.com/) 341 | 342 | [Scout Alarm](https://www.scoutalarm.com/integrations/amazon-echo) 343 | 344 | [Garageio](https://garageio.com/workswith/echo) 345 | 346 | [Toymail](https://toymail.co/) 347 | 348 | [ecobee](https://www.ecobee.com/) 349 | 350 | [Luma](https://lumahome.com/alexa/) 351 | 352 | [ring](https://ring.com/) 353 | 354 | [Thalmic Labs](https://www.thalmic.com/) 355 | 356 | [embodied](http://www.embodied.me/) 357 | 358 | [Owlet](http://www.owletcare.com/) 359 | 360 | [Vesper](http://vespermems.com/) 361 | 362 | ### 🤑 Fundraising 363 | 364 | [Alexa Fund](https://developer.amazon.com/alexa-fund) 365 | 366 | [Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars](http://www.techstars.com/content/accelerators/announcing-alexa-accelerator-powered-techstars/) 367 | 368 | [Lightspeed Ventures](http://lsvp.com/) 369 | 370 | [Launch Capital](http://www.launchcapital.com/) 371 | 372 | [NextView Ventures](http://nextviewventures.com/) 373 | 374 | [Betaworks](https://betaworks.com/voicecamp/) — [Get Support from the Alexa Team at Betaworks’Voicecamp](https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/post/8255d18f-b14a-4996-8ee6-e09719238ace/get-support-from-the-alexa-team-at-betaworks-voicecamp) 375 | 376 | ### 💵 Alexa Fund (All the companies announced) 377 | 378 | [Sutro](https://mysutro.com/) 379 | 380 | [invoxia](http://www.invoxia.com/) 381 | 382 | [Petnet](http://www.petnet.io/) 383 | 384 | [Rachio](http://rachio.com/) 385 | 386 | [mojio](https://www.moj.io/) 387 | 388 | [TrackR](https://thetrackr.com/) 389 | 390 | [Musaic](http://www.musaic.com/) 391 | 392 | [Scout Alarm](https://www.scoutalarm.com/integrations/amazon-echo) 393 | 394 | [Garageio](https://garageio.com/workswith/echo) 395 | 396 | [Toymail](https://toymail.co/) 397 | 398 | [Dragon Innovation](https://www.dragoninnovation.com/) 399 | 400 | [Kitt.ai](http://kitt.ai/) 401 | 402 | [ecobee](https://www.ecobee.com/) 403 | 404 | [Luma](https://lumahome.com/alexa/) 405 | 406 | [ring](https://ring.com/) 407 | 408 | [Nucleus](https://nucleuslife.com/) 409 | 410 | [Defined Crowd](https://www.definedcrowd.com/en-us/) 411 | 412 | ### 👥 People & Posts 413 | 414 | > [M.G. Siegler](https://medium.com/@mgsiegler) — General Partner 415 | > [GV](https://medium.com/@gv.com). [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/mgsiegler) 416 | 417 | > [Matt Hartman](https://medium.com/@MattHartman)- partner at 418 | > [betaworks](https://medium.com/@betaworks) + runs [Hearing Voices Newsletter](http://www.hearingvoices.xyz/). [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/MattHartman) 419 | 420 | > [Sarah Guo](https://medium.com/@saranormous)— people-first investor [Greylock Partners](https://medium.com/@greylockvc). [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/saranormous) 421 | 422 | > [Sarah Perez](https://medium.com/@sarahperez)— Reporter at TechCrunch. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/sarahintampa) 423 | 424 | > [Patrick Montague](https://medium.com/@pmontee)— vp at [betaworks](https://medium.com/@betaworks). [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/pmontee) 425 | 426 | > [Owen Williams](https://medium.com/@ow)— Freelance writer + developer. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/ow) 427 | 428 | > [Shane Mac](https://medium.com/@shanemac)— CEO Assist. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/ShaneMac) 429 | 430 | > [Hugh Durkin](https://medium.com/@hughdurkin)— Senior Product Manager, Intercom.[On Twitter](https://twitter.com/hughdurkin) 431 | 432 | > [Aaron Batalion](https://medium.com/@abatalion)— Partner,[Lightspeed](https://medium.com/@lightspeedvp). [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/abatalion) 433 | 434 | > [Johna Paolino](https://medium.com/@johnapaolino)— UX / product design [General Assembly](https://medium.com/@ga). [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/johnapao) 435 | 436 | > [Adam Marchick](https://twitter.com/adammStanford)— Trying to build a better company, every day [@VoiceLabsCo](https://twitter.com/VoiceLabsCo) and [Kahuna](https://medium.com/@Kahuna). 437 | 438 | > [Alexandre Linares](https://medium.com/@linaresa)— Co-Founder [@VoiceLabsCo](https://twitter.com/VoiceLabsCo) / EIR @ The Chernin Group. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/linaresa) 439 | 440 | > [Oren Jacob](https://medium.com/@orenjacob)— CEO and CoFounder, PullString. Prev, Pixar. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/orenjacob) 441 | 442 | > [Brian Roemmele](https://medium.com/@brianroemmele) — Founder + Editor at [Multiplex](http://readmultiplex.com/). [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele) 443 | 444 | > [Chris Messina](https://medium.com/@chrismessina)— Invented the hashtag; X Uber; Xoogler. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/chrismessina) 445 | 446 | > [Cathy Pearl](https://medium.com/@cpearl42)— Director of User Experience [@Sense_ly](https://twitter.com/Sense_ly). Author of the O’Reilly book Designing Voice User Interfaces. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/cpearl42) 447 | 448 | > [Trip ODell](https://medium.com/@tripodell)— Strategically-oriented product design leader [@Amazon](https://twitter.com/Amazon). [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/tripodell) 449 | 450 | > [David Beisel](https://medium.com/@davidbeisel)— Co-founder & Partner at NextView Ventures. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/davidbeisel) 451 | 452 | > Nithya Thadani — CEO of [Rain](https://rain.agency/) 453 | 454 | > [Dave Balter](https://medium.com/@davebalter)—I’m an Innovation-Obsessed Founder at Mylestone. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/DaveBalter) 455 | 456 | > [Jeremy Liew](https://medium.com/@jeremyliew)— Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/jeremysliew) 457 | 458 | > [Dag Kittlaus](https://medium.com/@Dagk)— Co-Founder/CEO Siri & Viv Labs. [On Twitter](https://twitter.com/Dagk) 459 | 460 | ***** 461 | 462 | ### 🚀 [I am working on an experiment](https://www.buildvoices.com/)- 463 | A community helping facilitate connections to; 464 | 465 | > - Get a skill made/make skills for people/companies
- Find investors active 466 | > in the field
- Intros to other active enthusiasts
- Bounce ideas around 467 | with others
- Advice & mentorship from experienced individuals
- 468 | Resources and tools to help you build
- Discover interesting products and 469 | companies 470 | 471 | 472 | ## 👉 Feel free to [follow and reach out on Twitter](https://twitter.com/bentossell) 473 | 474 | ### 🙏 Thanks to everyone who looked at this draft very early on! And perhaps I’ll see you all [in the newsletter](https://upscri.be/146843-2) or [Build Voices](https://www.buildvoices.com/) 😉 475 | 476 | ***** 477 | 478 | #### Side Note: 479 | 480 | > I have ‘borrowed’ this template from [The Non-Technical Guide to Machine Learning & ArtificialIntelligence](https://machinelearnings.co/a-humans-guide-to-machine-learning-e179f43b67a0#.gg8xdh2yb) 481 | which is an awesome post & newsletter I use to learn about Machine Learning. 482 | Thanks [Sam DeBrule](https://medium.com/@samdebrule) *🙌* 483 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /_config.yml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | theme: jekyll-theme-hacker --------------------------------------------------------------------------------