Human verification and the future of voice search!

Last week it was reported by Bloomberg that our Alexa fears are true, that someone might be listening! Amazon came under scrutiny for having thousands of people around the world listening to Alexa commands to help improve the Alexa digital assistant powering its line of Echo speakers. According to Bloomberg the team listen to voice recordings captured in Echo owners' homes and offices. The recordings are transcribed, annotated and then fed back into the software to eliminate gaps in Alexa's understanding of human speech and help it better respond to commands. It is widely referenced that ComScore predicts that by 2020, voice will make up 50% of all searches, although criticisers of the trend cite the trust between the consumer and voice tech as a main barrier to growth.