Tech Chief Says Voice is a Standout Trend for 2017

New advances in speech recognition technology are reshaping the way humans interact with machines and revolutionizing how our devices are built and connected. This so-called "new voice of computing" was one of the "Tech Trends to Watch" presented on Tuesday at CES. Speaking to an audience of several hundred journalists, Shawn DuBravac, chief economist of the Consumer Technology Association, the U.S. trade association responsible for organizing CES, gave an overview of the history of computing and how voice recognition will impact its future. "The next computer interface is voice. Vocal computing is replacing the graphical user interface," he said. DuBravac mentioned companies that are building products based on voice recognition on top of already established platforms, such as Amazon's Alexa.