The Time is Now for Speech Driven Interfaces in the Enterprise

Speech driven interfaces are rapidly becoming part of our daily lives. From dictating short texts or emails to asking Alexa, Google, or Siri to play some music, speech is the most effective way to connect to applications when your hands and eyes are busy focused on the job. In industrial settings the benefits from speech interfaces go far beyond convenience to sizable operational and revenue gains. In settings ranging from field service, to enterprise asset maintenance (EAM), and manufacturing, speech leverages existing enterprise systems generating value exceeding the original business case. Speech is on its way to becoming the way mobile industrial workers interface with systems. It is a platform technology necessary for capitalizing on rising technologies such as augmented reality and machine learning.

Speech has been on the horizon for quite some time. With increasing user acceptance and more robust basic recognition, the corporate investment dollars are flowing as pictured below. Speech is a powerful tool. Like any other enterprise system there are real opportunities to waste valuable time, energy, and funds.

This new blog will provide insight on what it takes to generate fast and sustainable gains from speech interfaces. The experiences of global leaders in wide ranging sectors including in the aerospace, healthcare, semiconductor, building services, HMIs, CNC, and energy, will be presented so you can hit the ground running. Every two weeks we will explore the impact of speech on the critical strategic and operational issues facing your organization including:

Tactical implementation guidance will be provided with each blog entry that can be quickly utilized in your organization. Starting next week, I look forward to a productive discussion with you around the value and implementation of speech interfaces in industrial settings.

About the Author

Hi. I’m Jonathan Berman, a strategist and leader that has been working within the speech recognition space for the past 15 years and currently CEO of Kextil. I have participated in the growth of speech as both an operator and a consultant. Over that time I have interacted with several hundred companies across North America and Europe understanding their challenges and exploring how speech based solutions contribute to their growth. There has been a lot of new ground broken and lessons learned along the way. Now it’s time to capitalize on the path that has been blazed.