Translated from 日本語 • View original Hello, this is Aimi Nakajima.
The other day, on Thursday, August 30th, ISAO hosted the "Smart Speaker and AI Voice Assistant Business Utilization Seminar & VUI Experience Workshop".
This seminar has become an annual event every month. We are updating the contents little by little!
Agenda
- About ISAO Inc.
- [Seminar] Latest Trends in Smart Speakers in Japan and Overseas and Local Report on the U.S. Market : ISAO
- [Seminar] Yahoo! Route Skill Development Secret Story: Yahoo! Japan Corporation
- [Workshop Experience] Let's Create a VUI Design (Voice User Interface) : ISAO
Latest Trends in Smart Speakers Domestic and Overseas and Local Reports on the U.S. Market
I know what a smart speaker is, but what can it do? This time, there were customers who already owned multiple smart speakers. I tried to make it a configuration that covers a wide range.
The latest figures on the number of smart speaker shipments in the world, which became a hot topic that Google overtook Amazon, the spread of smart speakers that I actually saw and heard in my life in Texas, USA, and the introduction of startups that I visited in San Francisco and were ahead of the curve in in-skill purchases.
It interweaves catch-up with the latest data with what I actually saw and heard in the field.
Agenda
- What are smart speakers and AI voice assistants?
- What is a VUI?
- Global Market Trends
- How is it different from Japan? US Smart Speaker Market
- How to monetize ahead of time in the United States?
- Kid-friendly smart speakers are coming?
In addition, this time, we will unveil the Alexa skill we have developed and used in-house for the first time!
ISAO adopts a free address system, and every morning when you go to work, you check in to your seat using a QR code from Mamoru Pay, a service that promotes work style reform. We are visualizing who is sitting where in Power BI, and we have made it possible to find it by voice on the Amazon Echo placed in the rest area!
User "Alexa, tell me where Mr. ○○ is sitting on Mamoru Pay." Alexa **"Mr. ○○ is sitting in the seat of △△ on the hallway side." **
It is very convenient to answer like this.
This is a skill that I would definitely recommend to offices that use free addresses. This is a skill limited to in-house use, so if you are interested, please contact us!
Yahoo! Route Skill Development Story
Mr. Oshima of Yahoo Japan Corporation is a developer of the Yahoo! line, and he has released an umbrella forecast skill for himself.
Alexa skill "Yahoo! Route" Google Assistant app "Yahoo! Route" Yahoo! Route is a skill that allows you to know the operation of trains from location information and registered routes.
It's very convenient to be able to check hands-free while getting ready in the morning, and I personally use it! As I write this article today, I was worried about the impact of the typhoon, but when I asked Yahoo! Route, I was told that it was operating as usual.
Differences in account linking specifications between Amazon and Google, TIPS that standardize backends across multiple platforms, etc. He explained his experience, which was very useful for the actual development site, in an easy-to-understand way for non-engineers.
You can see videos and details of Yahoo! Route Skills on SmartHacks.
Create a VUI Design (Voice User Interface) |
VUI workshops are always popular.
This is a program that uses the design sprint method to experience one of the following two types of skill planning, dialogue flow design, and user testing.
The theme we prepared this time is
- Alexa skills that will make your child go crazy
- Google Home app that you want to have somewhere in your office
Many new ideas have emerged, such as skills that can send messages of support to your favorite athletes, and apps that cut off meetings if they drag on.
The last user test is the most exciting process. Many of the unexpected utterances were made and many people said that they understood the difficulty of VUI and dialogue design.
About Upcoming Seminars and Workshops
For the next event, please join the ISAO connpass group and you will receive a notification as soon as it is decided.
Please register if you like! I want to hear a story like this! I want to know something like this! Requests such as are also welcome. http://isao.connpass.com/
After the seminar and workshop, we will be holding a social gathering with the "Mankatsu Sandwich" of the Mansei of Meat and craft beer such as Yonayona Ale!
We are also looking forward to receiving inquiries from companies that are thinking of Alexa skill development and Google Assistant app development!
Thank you for reading to the end!