In today's episode, we'll introduce to you the new generation of voice-controlled apps and devices!

We've all seen voice assistants explode into the consumer space recently (Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant etc come to mind). But their adoption has been slow, because they feel very "unnatural" to use — it feels like a walkie-talkie conversation where 2 people take turns to speak.

Besides the inherent delay in turn-based dialogue, there's also a lack of continuous feedback to the speaker (reassuring them that they're being understood as they speak). Eliminating this discomfort is the holy grail of voice control technology.

My guest is Otto Söderlund, the CEO of Speechly — a company trying to fix that discomfort using their patented technology.