Linux Foundation partners with Microsoft and Target to create standards for voice technology

guest · Jun 23, 2021

Linux Foundation partners with Microsoft and Target to create standards for voice technology
The Open Voice Network will look to protect the voices behind the technology and establish trust with consumers
June 22, 2021
https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux...get-to-create-standards-for-voice-technology/

The Linux Foundation is teaming up with companies like Target, Microsoft and Veritone to create the Open Voice Network, an initiative designed to "prioritize trust and standards" in voice-focused technology.

Jon Stine, executive director of the Open Voice Network, told ZDNet that the rapid growth of both the availability and adoption of voice assistance worldwide -- and the future potential of voice as an interface and data source in an artificial intelligence-driven world -- makes it important for certain standards to be communally developed.
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"Having an open network through the Open Voice Network for education and global standards is the only way to keep pace with the rate of innovation and demand for influencer marketing," Steelberg said. "Veritone's MARVEL.ai, a Voice as a Service solution, is proud to partner with OVN on building the best practices to protect the voice brands we work with across sports, media and entertainment."

Linux Foundation representatives said the Open Voice Network will support the platforms by "delivering standards and usage guidelines for voice assistant systems that are trustworthy, inclusive and open." The organization will also provide guidance on voice-specific protection of user privacy and data security as well as ways to make voice assistants interoperable between platforms.

"To speak is human, and voice is rapidly becoming the primary interaction modality between users and their devices and services at home and work," said Ali Dalloul, a general manager at Microsoft Azure.
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Open Voice Network: Linux Foundation Announces Open Voice Network

The Linux Foundation introduces the Open Voice Network to prioritize trust and interoperability in a voice-based digital future. Founding members include Target, Schwarz Gruppe, Wegmans Food Markets, Microsoft, Veritone, and Deutsche Telekom.
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