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Disney Travel Secrets - How to do Disney12 Disney Books to Read in 2026462 - Looking for the perfect Disney books to add to your 2026 reading list? In this episode of Disney Travel Secrets, hosts and travel agents Rob and Kerri Stuart share 12 must-read Disney-inspired books spanning biography, Imagineering, fiction, and business leadership. CLICK HERE TO START PLANNING YOUR DISNEY VACATION Whether you're planning a Disney World vacation, researching Disneyland tips, or just love everything Disney, these books will deepen your appreciation for the parks, the stories, and the creative genius behind the magic. From Walt Disney's biography to Imagineering secrets, theme park history, and even a thrilling middle-grade...
2025-12-2220 min
Your AI Roadmap5 Keys to Amazon Alexa's Conversational AI with Emerson SklarEmerson Sklar, Chief Evangelist of Amazon Alexa, joins host Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek on Your AI Roadmap to discuss the 5 Keys to Amazon Alexa's Conversational AI. Emerson explores how large language models (LLMs) are enhancing Alexa’s ability to be more conversational, useful, personalized, trustworthy, and engaging. He also delves into the evolution of Alexa, from its consumer-focused origins to broader enterprise applications. Podcast:🗳️ Nominate Podcast Guests! https://yourairoadmap.com/podcastguest Quotes🌟 "The North Star of Alexa has always been to build the best personal AI assistant, something that's as natural as talking t...
2024-10-0836 min
Your AI RoadmapSeason 2 Trailer!Your AI Roadmap Season 2 launches! Enjoy a trailer of Season 2Some guests of this season include: Emerson Sklar, Chief Evangelist, Amazon AlexaCatalina Herrera, Field Chief Data Officer, DataikuEiman Ebrahimi, Chief Executive Officer, Protopia AI, Inc.Lindsay Richman, Co-Founder, Innerverse AIKristina Hloptsidis, Chief Innovation Officer, Signify Technologies CorpReut Lazo, Co-Founder, Women and AIJoy Bordini, CEO, Go Healthy & CoElizabeth Samara Rubio, Chief Business Officer, SiMa.ai...and many more guests to come this season! Your AI Roadmap the PodcastThis podcast is on a mission to decrease fluffy HYPE and talk to the pe...
2024-10-0105 min
Strong SongsCounterpoint, Chaka Kahn, & Peter GabrielKirk answers your questions on 60s pop counterpoint, Chaka Kahn syncopation, Taylor Swift's re-recording project, good practice habits, Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer," and more.FEATURED/DISCUSSED:"You've Got Your Troubles" by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cool, recorded by The FortunesContrapunctus 1 by J.S. Bach recorded by the Emerson String Quartet on Bach: The Art of Fugue, 2003T.I.B.W.F. by The Budos Band, from The Budos Band, 2005"Dying to Get To Europe" by Ketil Bjornstad from Seafarer's Song, 2004"The Place Where He Inserted the Blade" by Black Country, New Road from Ants From Up There, 2022"...
2023-09-0854 min
Who Can Convince You?Look Who’s Talking! Episode 17 - Fantasy Band Join Harry & Tim as they discuss their choices for a Fantasy Band AND listen to your choices too!
We forgot to mention that on the day we recorded it was 30 years since the music world lost the great Jeff Porcaro. This episode is for Jeff 'Groove Master" Porcaro!
Listener Choices:
J.R Southall (strangers in space podcast)
Drums: Chris Sharrock
Bass: Mick Anker
Guitar: Trevor Tanner
Keys: Jonathan Lemon
Vocals: David Bowie
Alex Hunt-
Dr...
2022-08-082h 43
Broadway Drumming 101PODCAST - Dena Tauriello As a studied musician of several decades, Dena'sversatility has afforded her opportunities to play in various settings - from arenas to rock clubs and Broadway theaters to recording studios. She has been highlighted in several drum publications, including the September 2018 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine. Dena has held the drum chair for the following Broadway and Off-Broadway productions: Little Shop of Horrors; Kristin Chenoweth: For the Girls; Head Over Heels; Cher Show (sub drummer); Magic Mike the Musical, Broadway Lab; & Galileo, Reading.Before she transitioned to Broadway, Dena spent nearly 20 years with the all-female rock band...
2021-12-051h 23
Voice in Canada PodcastThe Voicefluencer Show with Emerson Sklar of BespokenIn this episode, Teri welcomes Emerson Sklar. Emerson is the Chief Evangelist at Bespoken. Bespoken is the world leader in testing, training, and monitoring for AI-driven voice and chat experiences. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2021-03-3124 min
Voice in Canada BriefcastTVS with Emerson SklarMar 31, 2021 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-03-3101 min
The Gaming Observer: Daily Video Games NewsWeekend | March 20 | I Was Interviewed!Show Notes
This week, I was interviewed by Bradley Metrock and Emerson Sklar on This Week In Voice Live! The show is a tad longer today to accommodate the questions they had, but I hope you enjoy :) Feel free to check out the full show -- they talk about voice technology every week, and we play some Jackbox at the end!
Get In Touch
Thanks for listening to the show! If you want to get in touch, you can always follow me on Twitter, or send me an email at info@thegamingobserver.com...
2021-03-2008 min
Voice Spark Live (Alexa & More)41 Voice Spark Live W/ Emerson Sklar & John KelvieVoice Spark Live MAR 10th 9PM EST Witlingo: Bespoken: Try Life Trip:Coming @U #Voicespark Live AJ(@soundmasteraj), Ben(@benjaminfalvo) & Nick(@ASR_Podcast) will testing of AI products and all things #voicefirst Emerson(@EmersonSklar) and John(@jpkbst). #alexa #freevoiceevents @PoptaleSocial ⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎----- Subscribe to Voice Spark Alexa & More https://bit.ly/310VmaH 💚 let’s be friends 💚 Social Media: ❏ Instagram : N.E._Sawka_Voice_Skills ❏ Facebook : Voice Spark Alexa and More ❏ Twitter : Nick @ASR_Podcast, AJ @soundmasteraj, Ben @benjaminfalvo ❏ Website: www.voicespark.live ✉ would you like to collaborate with me, then please feel free to email us at : us@voicespark.live ⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎------⁎⁎⁎--- Want to be a guest or submit a an Alexa Skill for review? To be a guest fill out this f
2021-03-111h 02
The Artificial Podcast67: Emerson Sklar | How to Take Your Voice App from Good to Excellent: The Importance of QA & TestingEmerson is the Chief Evangelist of Bespoken. Emerson has spent most of his career working in the QA space, including the Army Research Lab, Borland, and Applause. Emerson is passionate about the impact that effective testing can have on products and users. He loves working for Bespoken because it makes voice development so much faster, easier, and more fun – and the llama is pretty cool too! Outside of Bespoken, Emerson loves adventure cycling, cooking, and volunteering with the Scouts BSA.
In this week’s episode of The Artificial Podcast, Nick chats with Emerson Sklar of Bespoken.io abou...
2020-11-0255 min
Voice Tech Podcast: Master AI for B2B Audio Content Marketing in 2025Testing Voice Apps - Emerson Sklar, BespokenEmerson Sklar is the Chief Evangelist at Bespoken, a company with a popular toolkit for testing and monitoring voice apps. We start by unpacking the fundamentals of testing and the various types, from the unit and end-to-end testing to continuous and usability performance testing.Emerson talks to us through the product features of Bespoken and how it works. We discover the surprising fact that their system uses text-to-speech to generate audio, which is then fed to a virtual Alexa on the servers to generate a response. They are thus able to modify the input in order to...
2020-03-2355 min
Voice Tech PodcastTesting Voice Apps - Emerson Sklar, Bespoken - Voice Tech Podcast ep.062This is a time-limited preview. To hear the full episode, and access the full catalogue of episodes and bonus content, become a Voice Tech Pro Emerson Sklar is the Chief Evangelist at Bespoken, a company with a popular toolkit for testing and monitoring voice apps. We start by unpacking the fundamentals of testing and the various types, from the unit and end-to-end testing to continuous and usability performance testing. Emerson talks to us through the product features of Bespoken and how it works. We discover the surprising fact that their system uses text-to-speech to...
2020-03-2316 min
Been There Read ThatSpecial Episode: 2019 Best Books and Top 5In this weeks episode I introduce some of my favorite reads from 2019, including my Top 5. Here are the titles discussed:
Honorable Mentions:
Genesis by Richard P. Belcher Jr.
Follow the Lamb by Rob Dalrymple
Family Shepherds by Vodie Bauchham Jr.
Deserting the King: The Book of Judges by David Beldman (Transformative Word Series)
Disciplines of a Godly Man by R. Kent Hughes
The Parables of Jesus by David Wenham
Tactics by Gregory Koukl
How To Teach The Tabernacle by David Gooding
Leviticus By Jay Sklar (TO...
2019-12-1741 min
Inside VOICEImproving Voice Experiences Through Testing with Real People in Real Time with ApplauseIn this week’s episode James Poulter speaks with Emerson Sklar, Director of Voice Services at the testing and quality platform, Applause - one of this year’s VOICE 19 sponsors.
Emerson heads the team’s solutions for Voice testing, working with enterprise brands to help them improve their voice experiences through testing with real people in real time.
In this discussion James and Emerson discuss whether we are seeing new design frameworks emerge in the voice space, and the power of knowing your customer when designing for voice.
2019-07-1720 min
The Voicebot PodcastVoice UX Best Practices with Emerson Sklar of ApplauseVoicebot recently published the Voice UX Best Practices eBook. It is a 45-page masterclass in Voice UX that includes over 100 tips and recommendations from 17 industry experts gathered through dozens of hours of interviews. In this week's interview, I play audio clip highlights from some earlier podcasts and Emerson Sklar from Applause and I discuss the expert commentary and where it fits into the eBook. Featured experts include Ahmed Bouzid (Witlingo), Lisa Falkson (Amazon), Karen Kaushansky (Robot Future), Jan König (Jovo), Shane Mac (Assist), Tim McElreath (Discovery Communications), Cathy Pearl (Google & Author, Designing Voice User Interfaces), Mark Webster (Sayspring / Ado...
2018-10-221h 04