{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ScreamingBox Technology & Business Rundown ","title":"AI Speech Technologies 🤖 for Business 📈 Productivity 📈 and growth!","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e93d8164\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3625,"description":"You’re worried that using AI Speech-To-Text for your business will make your communication feel Robotic and it will be full of errors - “No! I ordered 10 cats, not 10 Bats!”\nThe reality is that AI is quietly transforming many human-facing - AND - communication  - orientated parts - of many businesses.\nWelcome to the ScreamingBox Technology and Business Rundown podcast.\nIn this episode of the ScreamingBox Technology and Business Rundown podcast, Dave Erickson and his human speech orientated co-host Botond Seres - will explore how AI speech-to-text and text-to-speech technologies are redefining what it means to interact with a business - With Gene Sigalov - co-founder of Upfirst.AI\nGene is a serial entrepreneur, attorney, and technologist. Before Upfirst, he founded SimpleTexting, the business SMS platform that became one of the most widely used messaging tools in the U.S., serving over 17,000 customers. He bootstrapped SimpleTexting from Zero to $20M ARR, before selling it for nine figures.\nHis multidisciplinary background a B.S. in Computer Science and a J.D. in Law gives him a rare ability to blend technical insight with real-world business and legal experience.\nAs co-founder of Upfirst.ai, he has worked to build an AI-powered receptionist platform that is built to replace the traditional virtual front desk staff - with a smarter, more capable and a dramatically more cost-effective solution.\nTIMELINE SUMMARY:\n00:00 Intro.\n02:14 Background discussion on early interest in technology.\n05:17 Transition from messaging technology to AI receptionist concept.\n07:35 Overview of virtual receptionist services and industry challenges.\n09:49 Reflection on early speech-to-text tools and their limitations.\n11:49 Comparison of modern AI systems with older intent-based systems.\n16:11 Commentary on difficulty of jailbreaking modern AI systems.\n18:48 Exploration of AI memory limitations and context handling.\n20:56 Breakdown of speed versus quality tradeoffs in speech recognition....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3RjOQTUXPu0Lnu9FPwrSV1Vsz_WGy8YOqjZUp2iKUC0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzIwODU1LzE2MjAy/ODc4NTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}