Episode 70 of Voice in Education
In episode 70 Julie Daniel Davis interviews Dr. Martyn Farrows, COO of SoapBox Labs. SoapBox Labs “SoapBox Labs is an award-winning voice technology company specializing in the development of automated speech recognition (ASR) for kids” (www.soapboxlabs.com). Unlike many of my interviews, SoapBox isn’t about the use case of voice assistants but about using voice technology, in general, to help children learn. Julie loves their commitment to child privacy and their vision for using voice in meaningful ways. In this episode Dr. Farrows shares the vision and goals of SoapBox Labs with us. Educators, this is a company to watch! While you might not have the ability to interact with their product now, Julie believes this company has a pulse on things to come in the edtech world as voice intersects with need.
Listen here or on your voice assistant device:
Here are links to some great demos of their technology in action:
For English Language Learning:
https://youtu.be/27o-smQADfU — Nancy Age 5
https://youtu.be/wYcXFdDeOjs — two young brothers learning English together
https://youtu.be/_Vl88kQSMvA — two year old Hugh
For Literacy:
Our Technology:
https://youtu.be/Z1XdAcCZdGg — a quick look under the hood at how we deliver feedback to a parent/teacher of a kid’s reading and language development that is highly accurate, including showing the phonetic breakdown
