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THE SOUND OF THE FUTURE

Karl Weber Tobias Dengel

How the Coming Age of Voice Will Change Your Work, Your Business, and the World We Live In

A look into why voice is the next big thing in technology and will fundamentally alter the way companies do business.
When the internet and mobile phones first entered the market, people struggled to understand how it would impact their businesses - the same is going to be true of voice. Voice is going to become a critical business topic and Sound of the Future will be the first book to provide a guide to developing tactics, strategies, and business models to make effective use of voice technologies. Furthermore, we are quickly approaching the point in which the first generation of voice natives, for whom spoken interactions with technological devices are second nature, will be the majority of consumers in almost every industry and every country.

Voice is the next technology - remarkably similar in potential impact to the internet and mobile computing - poised to change the way the world works. Tobias Dengel is in the vanguard of this breakthrough, understanding the deep, wide-ranging implications voice will have for every industry. And here he connects the dots about this emerging paradigm to vividly illustrate how business leaders can stay ahead of the game, rather than scrambling to catch up, as voice technology gradually reveals its power, creating a host of new winners and losers.

Using fascinating, colorful stories, Dengel explains how the "voice-first" experience is becoming part of the global technology mainstream, exploring the ways voice will do a better job of serving basic human needs such as safety, speed, accuracy, convenience, and fun, as well as making it possible for hundreds of millions of people around the planet to participate more fully and productively in today's high-tech world by making interactions with technology virtually effortless.

A pervasive technology like the internet and mobile, voice, with applications in marketing, sales, service, manufacturing, and logistics, will change the way we work at every level and every function, driving down costs, boosting productivity, and enabling the creation of entirely new business models.
This is not simply about Siri (Apple's personal assistant) and Alexa (Amazon's). They are the tantalizing but incomplete precursors of the ultimate interface that will make technology easier, faster, more accurate, and more human.

Tobias Dengel is president of WillowTree, a TELUS International Company, a global leader in digital product design and development, with 13 offices in North America, South America and Europe, headquartered in Charlottesville VA. The company has been named by Inc. magazine to the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest growing companies for 11 straight years. WillowTree's clients include some of the best-known brands in the world, such as T Mobile, Mastercard, Capital One, HBO, Fox, Time Warner, PepsiCo, Regal Cinemas, Charles Schwab, Johnson & Johnson, Lidl, Wyndham Hotels, Hilton Hotels, Holiday Inn, Canadian Broadcasting Corp, Synchrony Bank, Edward Jones Investments, and National Geographic. These industry leaders trust WillowTree to design and develop their websites, apps, internal systems and voice interfaces.
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Published 2023-10-01 by Public Affairs

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Published 2023-10-10 by Public Affairs

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The Sound of The Future makes a convincing case the future of media, innovation, and technology will depend upon voice technologies and experiences. Dengel has leveraged his insights in a stellar career as a pioneer and immensely successful technology and media entrepreneur. You'll want to hear what he sees coming next.

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Dengel artfully describes the power of AI-enabled voice technology to break the patterns of the way business is done - from marketing and sales to logistics and manufacturing. The Sound of the Future provides the insightful details to create an unfair advantage.

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Voice did a video review ("this is a great book") of THE SOUND OF THE FUTURE and promoted the book in their newsletter, saying, "It's going to be on must-read lists for those going to work or currently working within AI for some time to come." Read more...

Voice technology is undergoing a technological leap from Siri and Alexa to a transformative force on par with mobile a decade ago and the internet in the 1990s. Dengel provides the big strategic vision and the granular details to harness the next digital wave.

In The Sound of the Future, Dengel explores how AI will enable our return to voice, the most natural of all forms of communication. Voice technology will redefine our relationship with machines and devices with profound implications for every industry. We are all in search of a humanistic AI, and Dengel beautifully shows how it can be achieved.

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Making stronger and faster connections with customers - fans, in our case - is critical for every business. As Tobias Dengel clearly lays out in his visionary book, the inevitable rise and wide-spread adoption of voice technology will be the next way to up our game.

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Have you ever wondered why, in a world where we can speak three times faster than we type, we're still relying on outdated buttons and touchscreens? Today, we're diving deep into the revolutionary world of voice technology with none other than Tobias Dengel, the author of 'The Sound of the Future: The Coming Age of Voice Technology,' on shelves now. As the President of WillowTree, a digital experience developer recently acquired for $1.3 billion, he's shaped digital strategies for global giants like T-Mobile, HBO, and Mastercard. We're about to uncover the potential of voice tech way past early attempts like Siri and Alexa, understand its transformative power across industries, and discover the profound shifts awaiting the financial sector and beyond. Plus, we'll touch on the key challenges, privacy concerns, and the tantalizing future of this groundbreaking technology. Read more...

Talking is the new typing. Dengel smartly forecasts how voice technology, buoyed by advancements in artificial intelligence, will shape the future of business and everyday life. The Sound of the Future reveals the incredible potential of voice technology and how it will fundamentally reshape our very conception of human-machine interaction and intelligence.

SOUND OF THE FUTURE is a Wall Street Journal business bestseller, debuting at #3; as well as a USA Today bestseller: #14 on the main list, #2 for business and economics.

In his far-reaching The Sound of the Future, Dengel vividly illustrates we are on the precipice of an important and enduring change with the advent of voice technology, one that leaders in every industry need to harness as an essential strategic force for keeping ahead of the competition. That is especially so as the recent advances in artificial intelligence power voice to become the ultimate human-machine interface.

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