Percolator

This is the first telemarketing robo dialed call promoting “your business featured on Alexa”. Much like “Your business is not listed on Google” this is the first specimen of this unique marketing genera. Recorded 12/15/2019 during a wide ranging research study by Brian Roemmele.

First telemarking call in history promoting “your business featured on Alexa”.

Jack Kerry

This is Jack Kerry, the Voice of Greyhound. He started recoding 1950s. This is a 45rpm record distributed to the drivers in the 1962 called "A Message to Drivers”. Jack’s voice became a audio trademark for the brand and is one of the first uses of recorded voices used in this manner.

Jack Kerry: The Voice Of Greyhound, 1962 45rpm record: A Message To Drivers

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured these sounds of interstellar space. Voyager 1's plasma wave instrument detected the vibrations of dense interstellar plasma, or ionized gas, from October to November 2012 and April to May 2013.The soundtrack reproduces the amplitude and frequency of the plasma waves as "heard" by Voyager 1. The waves detected by the instrument antennas can be simply amplified and played through a speaker. These frequencies are within the range heard by human ears.Scientists noticed that each occurrence involved a rising tone. The dashed line indicates that the rising tones follow the same slope. This means a continuously increasing density.When scientists extrapolated this line even further back in time, they deduced that Voyager 1 first encountered interstellar plasma in August 2012.

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft captured these sounds of interstellar space. Voyager 1's plasma wave instrument detected the vibrations of dense interstellar plasma, or ionized gas, from October to November 2012 and April to May 2013. The soundtrack reproduces the amplitude and frequency of the plasma waves as "heard" by Voyager 1. The waves detected by the instrument antennas can be simply amplified and played through a speaker. These frequencies are within the range heard by human ears. Scientists noticed that each occurrence involved a rising tone. The dashed line indicates that the rising tones follow the same slope. This means a continuously increasing density. When scientists extrapolated this line even further back in time, they deduced that Voyager 1 first encountered interstellar plasma in August 2012.

Voyager Captures Sounds Of Interstellar Space

This lead singer’s voice is a Digital Equipment Corporation DECTalk system. Made famous by Stephen Hawking. The voice is of Dennis Klatt's KLATTALK encoded voice synthesis files created in 1982.This song was performed by the amazingly talented Snoopi Botten (donate: https://cash.app/$theflameofhope).

This lead singer’s voice is a Digital Equipment Corporation DECTalk system. Made famous by Stephen Hawking. The voice is of Dennis Klatt's KLATTALK encoded voice synthesis files created in 1982. This song was performed by the amazingly talented Snoopi Botten (donate: https://cash.app/$theflameofhope).

Bridge Over Troubled Waters

I Love Rock And Roll

Rocky Mountain High

I Am The Edison Phonograph 1906 (first audio advertising)"I am the Edison phonograph, created by the great wizard of the New World to delight those who would have melody or be amused. I can sing you tender songs of love. I can give you merry tales and joyous laughter. I can transport you to the realms of music. I can cause you to join in the rhythmic dance. I can lull the babe to sweet repose, or waken in the aged heart soft memories of youthful days.No matter what may be your mood, I am always ready to entertain you. When your day's work is done, I can bring the theater or the opera to your home. I can give you grand opera, comic opera or vaudeville. I can give you sacred or popular music, dance, orchestra or instrumental music. I can render solos, duets, trios, quartets. I can aid in entertaining your guests. When your wife is worried after the cares of the day, and the children are boisterous, I can rest the one and quiet the other. I never get tired and you will never tire of me, for I always have something new to offer.I give pleasure to all, young and old. I will go wherever you want me, in the parlor, in the sickroom, on the porch, in the camp or to your summer home. If you sing or talk to me, I will retain your songs or words, and repeat them to you at your pleasure. I can enable you to always hear the voices of your loved ones, even though they are far away. I talk in every language. I can help you to learn other languages. I am made with the highest degree of mechanical skill. My voice is the clearest, smoothest and most natural of any talking machine. The name of my famous master is on my body, and tells you that I am a genuine Edison phonograph.The more you become acquainted with me, the better you will like me. Ask the dealer."

I Am The Edison Phonograph 1906 (first audio advertising) "I am the Edison phonograph, created by the great wizard of the New World to delight those who would have melody or be amused. I can sing you tender songs of love. I can give you merry tales and joyous laughter. I can transport you to the realms of music. I can cause you to join in the rhythmic dance. I can lull the babe to sweet repose, or waken in the aged heart soft memories of youthful days. No matter what may be your mood, I am always ready to entertain you. When your day's work is done, I can bring the theater or the opera to your home. I can give you grand opera, comic opera or vaudeville. I can give you sacred or popular music, dance, orchestra or instrumental music. I can render solos, duets, trios, quartets. I can aid in entertaining your guests. When your wife is worried after the cares of the day, and the children are boisterous, I can rest the one and quiet the other. I never get tired and you will never tire of me, for I always have something new to offer. I give pleasure to all, young and old. I will go wherever you want me, in the parlor, in the sickroom, on the porch, in the camp or to your summer home. If you sing or talk to me, I will retain your songs or words, and repeat them to you at your pleasure. I can enable you to always hear the voices of your loved ones, even though they are far away. I talk in every language. I can help you to learn other languages. I am made with the highest degree of mechanical skill. My voice is the clearest, smoothest and most natural of any talking machine. The name of my famous master is on my body, and tells you that I am a genuine Edison phonograph. The more you become acquainted with me, the better you will like me. Ask the dealer."

I Am The Edison Phonograph 1906 (first audio advertising)

The Covox Voice Master Demo - Commodore 64 &amp; Apple II- 1985. The first publicly available Voice Recognition system.

The Covox Voice Master Demo - Commodore 64 & Apple II- 1985

Brian Roemmele

Brian Roemmele’s presentation at The Alexa Conference 2019 was easily the most controversial of the week. Some people were inspired, others confused, and some left skeptical. But, it certainly led to a lot of discussion throughout the conference. Voicebot sat down with Brian to distill the expanse of his vision for an ultra-personalized AI assistant that he believes will be with people from birth to death. It is his first interview on the topic and project he says has been decades in the making.Brian first started working with voice technology in the 1980’s and recently expanded his research efforts that will include a forthcoming book called “The Last Interface,” and product concepts named the Intelligence Amplifier and Wisdom Keeper. The Intelligence Amplifier will be a tool that records your life in real-time and instantly enables you to retrieve any information from your life experiences as needed. It will also have agency to anonymously gather information or execute tasks on your behalf. The wisdom keeper will be your manifestation while you are not there and can represent you both in life and afterward. Brian talks about some things that are being done today and others only seen previously in science fiction. It’s a provocative conversation with a practical application of AI and voice.

Brian Roemmele’s presentation at The Alexa Conference 2019 was easily the most controversial of the week. Some people were inspired, others confused, and some left skeptical. But, it certainly led to a lot of discussion throughout the conference. Voicebot sat down with Brian to distill the expanse of his vision for an ultra-personalized AI assistant that he believes will be with people from birth to death. It is his first interview on the topic and project he says has been decades in the making. Brian first started working with voice technology in the 1980’s and recently expanded his research efforts that will include a forthcoming book called “The Last Interface,” and product concepts named the Intelligence Amplifier and Wisdom Keeper. The Intelligence Amplifier will be a tool that records your life in real-time and instantly enables you to retrieve any information from your life experiences as needed. It will also have agency to anonymously gather information or execute tasks on your behalf. The wisdom keeper will be your manifestation while you are not there and can represent you both in life and afterward. Brian talks about some things that are being done today and others only seen previously in science fiction. It’s a provocative conversation with a practical application of AI and voice.

Brian Roemmele Discusses The Last Interface and Intelligence Amplifier

“we can only see what we think is possible"

Whisper-Cache Of Real-Time Advice

This uses sine-wave encoder technology I have developed about 10 years ago. This file is about 10 years old, one of my first for historic reasons using my new encoding technology. I used a meaningfully historic paragraph that I feel once it is decoded, you can not unheard it.My current research can compress sound of 10 sentences into a single sentence with high comprehension and retention.  This is a very small part of my research on http://TheLastInterface.com

This uses sine-wave encoder technology I have developed about 10 years ago. This file is about 10 years old, one of my first for historic reasons using my new encoding technology. I used a meaningfully historic paragraph that I feel once it is decoded, you can not unheard it. My current research can compress sound of 10 sentences into a single sentence with high comprehension and retention. This is a very small part of my research on <a href="http://TheLastInterface.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://TheLastInterface.com</a>

SWS-Research By Brian Roemmele

Music Composed By Spatial Mood Tracking AI.

Music Composed By Spatial Mood Tracking AI

Binaural Voice First Broca-Wernicke Brain Stimulation ExperimentMust use headphones at medium volume in a dark room, preferable after 9 p.m.Make note of any cognitive, emotional and physical impact to listening to the entire clip.Report impact to @BrianRoemmele on Twitter

Binaural Voice First Broca-Wernicke Brain Stimulation Experiment Must use headphones at medium volume in a dark room, preferable after 9 p.m. Make note of any cognitive, emotional and physical impact to listening to the entire clip. Report impact to @BrianRoemmele on Twitter

Binaural Voice First Broca-Wernicke Brain Stimulation Experiment

Gypsy Architect

This audio was created on-the-fly and in real-time entirely performed by AI. Voice selection and switch-off narrations were also selected by AI in real-time as was the simple audio track. In my research retention and comprehension increases significantly when there is a unique audio delivery.  This is one example.The Text:The Voice First Revolution:All prior computer interaction systems have one central point in common.   They force humans to be more like the computer by forcing the operator to think through arcane commands and procedures.   We take it for granted and forget the ground rules we all had to learn and continue to learn to use our computers and devices.   I equate this to learning any arcane language that requires new vocabularies as new operating systems are released and new or updated applications are available.What if we didn’t need to learn arcane commands?  What if you could use the most effective and powerful communication tool ever invented?   This tool evolved over millions of years and allows you to express complex ideas in very compact and data dense ways yet can be nuanced to the width of a hair.   What is this tool?  It is our voice.We are at the precipice of something grand and historic.   Each improvement in the way we interact with computers brought about long term effects nearly impossible to calculate.   Each improvement of computer interaction lowered the bar for access to a larger group.   Each improvement in the way we interact with computers stripped away the priesthoods, from the 1960s computer scientists on through to today’s data science engineers.   Each improvement democratized access to vast storehouses of information and potentially knowledge.The last 60 years of computing humans were adapting to the computer.   The next 60 years the computer will adapt to us.  It will be our voices that will lead the way; it will be a revolution and it will change everything.Adapted from: https://techpinions.com/there-is-a-revolution-ahead-and-it-has-a-voice/45071

This audio was created on-the-fly and in real-time entirely performed by AI. Voice selection and switch-off narrations were also selected by AI in real-time as was the simple audio track. In my research retention and comprehension increases significantly when there is a unique audio delivery. This is one example. The Text: The Voice First Revolution: All prior computer interaction systems have one central point in common.   They force humans to be more like the computer by forcing the operator to think through arcane commands and procedures.   We take it for granted and forget the ground rules we all had to learn and continue to learn to use our computers and devices.   I equate this to learning any arcane language that requires new vocabularies as new operating systems are released and new or updated applications are available. What if we didn’t need to learn arcane commands?  What if you could use the most effective and powerful communication tool ever invented?   This tool evolved over millions of years and allows you to express complex ideas in very compact and data dense ways yet can be nuanced to the width of a hair.   What is this tool?  It is our voice. We are at the precipice of something grand and historic.   Each improvement in the way we interact with computers brought about long term effects nearly impossible to calculate.   Each improvement of computer interaction lowered the bar for access to a larger group.   Each improvement in the way we interact with computers stripped away the priesthoods, from the 1960s computer scientists on through to today’s data science engineers.   Each improvement democratized access to vast storehouses of information and potentially knowledge. The last 60 years of computing humans were adapting to the computer.   The next 60 years the computer will adapt to us.  It will be our voices that will lead the way; it will be a revolution and it will change everything. Adapted from: <a href="https://techpinions.com/there-is-a-revolution-ahead-and-it-has-a-voice/45071" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://techpinions.com/there-is-a-revolution-ahead-and-it-has-a-voice/45071</a>

The Voice First Revolution Preamble

Join The Voice First Revolution Anthem by Brian Roemmele

Join The Voice First Revolution Anthem

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”—Authur C. ClarkeJust 1-click And The “Self Driving” StoreIt was a cold day at Amazon headquarters on September 12th, 1997. Jeff Bezos was nervous as he submitted a new and unique patent to the USTPO called “Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network “ [0]. This came to be known as the Amazon 1-click patent and a few years later it was licensed by Apple for their websites and later iTunes. It defined the web experience since.“Shop And Just Walk Out”—Amazon, 2016

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”—Authur C. Clarke Just 1-click And The “Self Driving” Store It was a cold day at Amazon headquarters on September 12th, 1997. Jeff Bezos was nervous as he submitted a new and unique patent to the USTPO called “Method and system for placing a purchase order via a communications network “ [0]. This came to be known as the Amazon 1-click patent and a few years later it was licensed by Apple for their websites and later iTunes. It defined the web experience since. “Shop And Just Walk Out”—Amazon, 2016

What is the Amazon Go Store, the new retail shopping experience and why is it important?

Commerce: The Unexpected Use Case For Apple WatchOver the last few weeks I have spent quite a bit of time presenting the road map for Apple Pay to dozens of startups, legacy companies and VCs.  It may come as a surprise to many that large established companies have become activated and are enchanted with the infrastructure that is being built around Apple Pay.  Gone is the tyranny of the closed wallet schemes some payment startups tried to unload on merchants.  Apple wisely chose to have open standards (NFC, Bluetooth) and future open APIs.  Astute payment startups free from false ego and legacy agendas are also beginning to see more deeply why Apple Pay is far more then they thought.

Commerce: The Unexpected Use Case For Apple Watch Over the last few weeks I have spent quite a bit of time presenting the road map for Apple Pay to dozens of startups, legacy companies and VCs. It may come as a surprise to many that large established companies have become activated and are enchanted with the infrastructure that is being built around Apple Pay. Gone is the tyranny of the closed wallet schemes some payment startups tried to unload on merchants. Apple wisely chose to have open standards (NFC, Bluetooth) and future open APIs. Astute payment startups free from false ego and legacy agendas are also beginning to see more deeply why Apple Pay is far more then they thought.

Get Ready For The Next Apple Pay Milestone: Watch Commerce

With one disarmingly simple addition to the iPhone, Apple has once again redefined how we all will view our mobile devices.  But just like many Apple revolutions, it may take some time for most of us to understand this is really a revolutionary change.

Why is Apple’s iPhone Touch ID Important?

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