Voice for everyone.

The Open Voice Network (OVN) seeks to create a future of AI-voice that is open: standards-based, interoperable, accessible, and data-protected.

The Importance of "Open" Voice

AI-voice assistance will soon be a primary interface for all digital devices, from smart speakers and smartphones to automobiles and appliances. It will have an impact across every phase of the shopper decision journey. Currently, a few major market leaders are the gatekeepers and hold access to data-rich artificial intelligence-enabled voice assistance (AI-voice) communication.

Why Open Voice Network?

The question of AI-voice in commerce is not whether, but when.

One-third of US residents regularly use AI-voice assistants. AI-voice assistants are increasingly used for retail search, purchase, and post-sale support. [Are you ready?]

As AI-voice and adoption grows, so will the value of voice data, voice search, and voice access. [Who will capture that value?]

Voice is in its earliest days, like the days of the internet browser wars. [Think about the economic dividends of open, standards-based voice. Especially for your brand.]

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For the Benefit of the Many

Become an OVN member. Doing so allows you to advocate for and financially support the mission of the Open Voice Network. Members will help shape the future of commerce – in increasingly critical issues of technology, competition, and commercial and personal information privacy.

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Latest stories

Landor’s Jasmine Tanasy on AI-voice for brands: It’s a new (and very rich) part of a brand development

Fri, Oct 18, 2019

For brands diving into AI-voice enabled branding, tone and architecture may be more important than the language used to reach consumers.

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SEO for Brands in Voice

Mon, Sep 23, 2019

Voice is in its early days and similar to the early browser-war days of the internet, access is limited, lacking interoperability and open usage. One of the most important questions for enterprise users is that of voice-based search.

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Statistics on Smart Phone and Speaker Usage Retailers Cannot Ignore

Wed, Sep 4, 2019

When 70% of smartphone users talk, will you be ready to listen? The question of AI-voice in commerce is not whether, but when. The latest data shows that the answer to the when question is increasingly apparent.

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When Conversation turns into Commerce

Mon, Aug 19, 2019

The question of AI-voice in commerce is not whether, but when. And we're sharing an accurate prediction as to when conversation turns into commerce. AI-voice is heating up, and its heat is being felt in commerce.

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