Creating the voice of IoT
My last column spoke of carving the Face of Digital Transformation. This column is about creating a voice for that face with a new breed of Voice Services aimed at evolving devices.
The speed at which the voice of IoT is being created is amazing; the smart speaker forecast predicts 66.3 million US households will have a device by 2022. The report also estimates that 26.7 million households will own smart home devices other than smart speakers. Amazon and Google Share 92% of the Global Market.
Here are the top reasons people turn to their voice-activated speakers (according to thinkwithgoogle.com, a consumer-insights web site):
1. It allows them to more easily multitask.
2. It enables them to do things faster than other devices.
3. It empowers them to instantly get answers and information.
4. It makes their daily routine easier.
Virtual assistants like Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, Apple’s Siri or Google Home, have become an increasingly common sight in homes across the world thanks to smartspeakers. Like cyber personal assistants, they are connecting with residential systems, such as lighting and thermostats, to automate and simplify the way we run our homes.
This article, “Alexa, Would You Like To Go To Work With Me Today?” by James McHale, Managing Director of Memoori, discusses how fast Voice Services will move out of the home or hobby arena and into our workspace:
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7 年Great insight into what is needed and a fresh outlook on horizontal compatibility from apple in regards their previous track record of locking their customers in. I am prone to think that the world of building automation is much more complex and in the need for BACnet and such (I am betting on it). But at the same time I am wondering if solutions from companies stating that they can control everything from the top can work for large scale projects as wel. Especially when it comes to the fact if they are utilising existing infrastructure at all, or do they become dead HVAC products? I believe that greenfield has to happen together with brownfield solutions. New and the old. But, probably with the long term horizon of replacing the old with the new in steps, not just a big bang. Anyhow, voice recognition is definitely going to be more prevalent very soon and Jarvis and such will transform the business as we know it. We will soon think it natural to talk to our building and for it to talk back to us.