What is Voice First Technology

In simple terms, voice-first technology enables to perform any task which was being either performed by a click on a website, touch on a mobile app, or physical button on a piece of machinery using a simple Voice command.

Below are a few daily life examples:

1. In our houses, every one of us is used to control the electrical appliances using a switch on our walls. Then came the smart home devices which could be controlled via a mobile app or a website. Now, with the voice technology, these can be controlled using a simple voice command such as “Turn On/Off the Light“.
2. To operate a Microwave/Oven at our home, we need to press the buttons manually. Using voice technology we can simply talk to our microwave to operate it. Like, “Heat the food on grill mode for 3 minutes“. Instead of tapping 5 buttons on the panel, this operation was performed with just a natural voice command.
3. While driving, if we want to change the direction of the Air Conditioner, we have to first remove our eyes from the road, remove one hand from the steering wheel, and then finally rotate a dial, or press a button multiple times. Now this can be simply done via voice a simple voice command like, “Set the AC direction to legs only“

Similarly, any operation or task that we have been performing in our daily life using mobile phones, computers, or machines can be done using Voice.

Advantages of Voice Technology

There are multiple advantages of Voice Technology over the traditional ways of Mobile Apps, Websites, and Physical buttons. Some of which includes:

1. Eyes Free Experience: Using voice we can do anything just by speaking and we don’t even have to look at it. The ultimate technology for blind people or visual impairment.
2. Hands-Free Experience: Compare to mobile apps, websites, or buttons, using Voice Technology we will not have to use our hands to do anything. We can simply speak to get it done. It can be used while driving, vacuum cleaning the house, making dinner, or by people with limited hand mobility.
3. A natural way of interaction: Unlike other technologies, we do not have to teach anyone how to use Voice Technology. It is as simple as having a conversation with someone, which we have been doing even before we could start writing.
4. Easy to use: The accessibility of voice control is just incredible, anyone can use it without any technical skills.
5. Fast & Speedy: People that live fast know that making a quick call takes way less time than typing a long email and waiting for a response. It’s the same with voice control — you cut down on all the clicks by using speech recognition
6. Cross-Platform: Voice control can be used from any device, whether it’s iOS or Android, Google Home, or Amazon Alexa.
7. Multilingual: Voice control is available in multiple languages such as Hindi, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, and many more.
8. Multi-Tasking: Voice UIs enable the user to focus their attention on another task. This is especially useful when driving a car or a forklift as it improves safety and productivity. It can also help users multitask inside an application. For example in gaming, players can change a camera or switch weapons without navigating in deep menus.

Ways to leverage Voice Technology for your Business

1. Integrate voice control to your website
2. Integrate voice control to your Mobile Applications [ Android / iOS ]
3. Build an Alexa Skill.
4. Build a Google Action.
5. Build a Bixby Capsule.
6. Integrate voice control into your hardware devices.

To know more about the different use cases of Voice Technology specific to different industries, please feel free to visit https://voxogenic.com/voice-assistant-use-case

In case you want to build any type of Voice application drop us an email at contact@voxogenic.com and we will get back to you ASAP.