Shyamala Prayaga discusses Voice in Autos, Conversational Design, Diversity and Inclusiveness - Episode 28

In this episode, Roger talks with the conversational designer, educator, and voice leader Shyamala Prayaga.

Shyamala is a product owner for Ford's Autonomous Digital Assistant, the founder of the Digital Assistant Academy, and the host of The Future is Spoken Podcast.

Shyamala and Roger discuss a variety of topics including

• How Shyamala got into voice
• Her work at Ford, the Digital Assistant Academy, and as a podcast host
• Her advice for those thinking of getting into voice and podcasting
• Her upcoming book Emotionally Engaged Digital Assistant
• The state of conversational design - where it is, where it needs to go
• Diversity in Voice
• Gender and Voice
• Inclusiveness and Voice
• Her 2021 predictions for Voice
• Her 5-10 year predictions for Voice

Links From the Show
Digital Assistant Academy - www.digitalassistant.academy
The Future is Spoken Podcast - www.thefutureisspoken.com
Shyamala's Books - www.shyamalaprayaga.com/publications

Keeping in Touch
Shyamala Prayaga's Website - www.shyamalaprayaga.com
Shyamala on LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/shyamalaprayaga
Shyamala on Twitter - twitter.com/sprayaga

Host: Roger Kibbe
(@rogerkibbe) is a senior developer evangelist for Viv Labs/Samsung

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