BBC plans ‘Beeb’ voice assistant for its apps and services - The Verge https://t.co/88c2ED2Zcq

— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) August 27, 2019

BBC가 (당연히)영국 영어를 구사하는 보이스 비서를 준비중이라는 기사. https://t.co/jPFzzvotrP

— 푸른곰 (@purengom) August 27, 2019

I’ll be honest, I can’t see this being very good, but I love that the BBC’s R&D department is prepared to take on projects like this https://t.co/tDuCBaC0MN

— jon.porter (@JonPorty) August 27, 2019

BBC plans ‘Beeb’ voice assistant for its apps and services https://t.co/MJb9czVqop pic.twitter.com/R864pH7Bhx

— The Verge (@verge) August 27, 2019

?'Hey Beeb' – BBC Developing Voice Assistant!

"It will not be a hardware device in its own right but is being designed to work on all smart speakers, TVs and mobiles."#voicefirst #VUI #BBChttps://t.co/iZ2uvJFfuV

— Create For Voice (@CreateForVoice) August 27, 2019

@jason__watkins Caught Tony in the lift but 1Extra was playing so loudly I couldn’t hear him. Mouthing something about ‘BBC Beeb’ being ‘Meticulous’...? ‘Ridiculous’? Any thoughts? Either way, see you for Yoga with Clugston at 7. #W1A #BBCMe #BBCBeeb https://t.co/PwuW4j2G1y

— Hugh Bonneville (@hughbon) August 27, 2019

Finally I can tell you what I've been working on at the BBC.#voicehttps://t.co/nOhfatoBhS

— Nikos Tsouknidas & iland comics (@tsoukn) August 27, 2019

"BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents" > I'd think a better way to improve British accent recognitions would be to pay for high quality marked-up recordings of the standard training texts and release them under an open license. https://t.co/PwwsyuUo8Y

— Tom Forth (@thomasforth) August 27, 2019

Interesting. This is the sort of thing a well resourced British Digital Corporation could develop. https://t.co/95LgmfYoDT

— Tom Mills (@ta_mills) August 27, 2019

Why? Why is the BBC spending our money on this? This is not what they should be doing. https://t.co/8r1PLsyGds

— John MacAskill (@John_G_MacA) August 27, 2019

Hmm, not much detail as to how, other than asking employees to try it out with their own voices, but a step in the right direction perhaps. https://t.co/qQwgHPgw13

— Rob Drummond (@RobDrummond) August 27, 2019

The @bbc is a fascinating example of how a media company can innovate and build tech in the public interest: https://t.co/T64vtSkhvu

— Carly Kind (@carlykind_) August 27, 2019

'Alexa, what does the BBC sound like in 2019?'...

Very chuffed for @MukulDevichand, my former boss, who is the brains and driving force behind #Beeb. It's going to be brilliant.https://t.co/QheUcjoeqV

— Dino Sofos (@dinosofos) August 27, 2019

Finally an assistant that understands when I say "Cheerio Beeb!! Be a good lad and fetch me the news old boy" https://t.co/UI9Ts0QNxl

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) August 27, 2019

How I ache for a Beeb/Knewz collaboration ... on Qwibi

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) August 27, 2019

This is *probably* a fucking stupid idea. There are some possible worlds where it isn’t. https://t.co/lscj2J8qal

— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) August 27, 2019

It's official! "Hey Beeb" - launching 2020 https://t.co/wEGMQHCD5n

— Zoë Murphy (@zjmurphy) August 27, 2019

"Certain brands and user contexts are well-suited to introducing a voice assistant with fewer capabilities that are optimized for a particular task or interest." -- a key #voicefirst insight. @bretkinsella @voicebotai https://t.co/QG0S3UIFqh

— Katherine Prescott (@kbprescott) August 27, 2019

Wow. It's always nice to see a prediction you made yesterday (and months ago too) show up with new evidence a few hours later. https://t.co/xOAI8dk5XJ https://t.co/qnYONT7qDC

— Bret Kinsella (@bretkinsella) August 27, 2019

The BBC is developing its own voice assistant called 'Beeb' #voiceassistant #bbc @engadget @georginatorbet https://t.co/yeLveVHkFG

— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) August 27, 2019

Did they test it with Jo Swinson? Thought not. BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents https://t.co/eHYN5Nk3yL

— John Robertson (@ProfJWR) August 27, 2019

Interesting - the BBC's upcoming assistant "will enable people to use their voices to engage with existing BBC content and develop new forms of interactive programming" https://t.co/1GRbfVTyYy

— Dr Catherine Breslin (@catherinebuk) August 27, 2019

“Beeb .. play The Beat me duck”.https://t.co/Phmyem43cC

— Dean Jackson (@deanjacksondj) August 27, 2019

BBC diversifying their audience for voice assistants to regional accents? can the same work be done for people with speech impairments?https://t.co/feDJvuvNYE

— Krissie Barrick (@KrissieBarrick) August 27, 2019

“BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents”. Wake- up word will be ‘Beeb’. https://t.co/o1m3tyHDNN

— ? David Lloyd (@DavidLloydRADIO) August 27, 2019

The BBC launches an Alexa rival, Beeb, that will understand British accents. What about one for those who might still have small, barely perceptible Greek accents? And what would it be called? https://t.co/B2yuj3F3s7

— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) August 27, 2019

We appear to have made the papers! ?? #beeb #vui https://t.co/PVFb4S5GHP

— Barry Briggs ?? (@quiffboy) August 27, 2019

BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents https://t.co/JJosaq41nx
Also interesting: 'its radio stations will no longer be available on the TuneIn radio app, used by Amazon’s Alexa, because the US company refused to share information on listeners of BBC stations' pic.twitter.com/UDlRx3d5Jw

— Malika Bilal (@mmbilal) August 27, 2019

BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents https://t.co/AWid3xsr7d pic.twitter.com/4mmy6xF4dE

— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) August 27, 2019

The BBC is launching a rival to Amazon’s Alexa called Beeb. The voice assistant software, which will debut in 2020, was created by an in-house BBC team that pledges the device will understand British accents. https://t.co/OnLPz6jUq2

— Esther Schindler (@estherschindler) August 27, 2019

It'll also periodically listen for background noise to catch those watching live TV without a valid license.#yousawitherefirst
https://t.co/ETsasnZVyW

— Jason Bayton (@JasonBayton) August 27, 2019

BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents https://t.co/BC618lFn9w #VoiceUX #VUI

— Helen Casewell (@helenWLH) August 27, 2019

BOOOM!@BBC goes full on #VoiceFirst.

Welcome to the revolution!

“BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents“ https://t.co/w6RhDCGnjo

— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) August 27, 2019

Oh dear. I am old enough to remember plans for a BBC search engine. Hubris still alive and well...
BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents https://t.co/rPLZPxtzlQ

— Myles Runham (@mylesrun) August 27, 2019

Fantastic news that the BBC plan to launch their own voice assistant. Look forward to seeing how open it will be for organisations to use: https://t.co/GuHyQOluQa #voice #MachineLearning

— Adrian Harris (@adrianharris) August 27, 2019

BBC to launch Alexa rival that will grasp regional accents https://t.co/KbbNCuGtEF

— Martin Porcheron (@MPorcheron) August 27, 2019

BBC plans ‘Beeb’ voice assistant for its apps and services https://t.co/MJb9czVqop pic.twitter.com/axExRtGyGS

— The Verge (@verge) August 27, 2019