August 27, 2020
Voice Resources: The Basics
Jargon is built to empower teams to collaborate and build world-class conversational apps. By using Jargon, teams can...
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In the pursuit of a dynamic and engaging conversation, Jargon offers the ability to create variants of the same conversational response....
Jargon is built to empower teams to collaborate and build world-class conversational apps. By using Jargon, teams can...
Expanding to new locales and creating voice content for every region isn't easy to do without the right tools...
Building responses in Jargon is a seamless way to collaborate with team members and create fully featured voice experiences...
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August 12, 2020
Pro-Tip Series: Fallback Locales
Expanding to new locales and creating voice content for every region isn't easy to do without the right tools...
July 30, 2020
Voice Resources: Response Components
Building responses in Jargon is a seamless way to collaborate with team members and create fully featured voice experiences...
July 23, 2020
Pro-Tip Series: Locale-specific Simulator
Jargon is built from the ground up to support Voice experiences across a library of locales....
July 15, 2020
Pro-Tip Series: Snippets
At Jargon, we’re continuously releasing new features and concepts that improve the quality of voice experiences...
June 30, 2020
Alexa Agencies Curriculum + Jargon
The Amazon Alexa team released the Alexa Agencies Curriculum highlighting various resources...
June 8, 2020
Roles of a Voice Team
As brands and agencies engage in the world of Voice technology, a common question that comes up...
May 11, 2020
Jargon + The Artificial Podcast
This week, we're excited to announce a new episode of The Artificial Podcast featuring Jargon team members Shaun Withers, Head of Partnerships, and Levi Sawyers, Head of Customer Success...
May 5, 2020
Jargon's Product Advisory Group
At Jargon, we’re continuously releasing new features that improve the quality of voice applications, built by enterprise teams...
April 17, 2020
5 Common Challenges for Agencies and Enterprises
As head of partnerships at Jargon, I speak with many teams at large brands and digital agencies that are pushing the envelope...
April 14, 2020
Live Virtual Demo Day with Women in Voice
This week, the Jargon team is excited to share we'll be participating in the upcoming Women in Voice event...
April 9, 2020
Jargon + Jovo v3 Support
In addition to working with proprietary assistants, we at Jargon are committed to supporting all of the major voice assistants. This is why we are excited to announce...
March 16, 2020
Jargon featured on 40 Seattle Startups to Watch in 2020 list!
The Jargon team is excited to announce that we have been featured in Seattle Bootcamp’s 40 Startups to Watch in 2020...
March 3, 2020
Life of a J: Vanessa Dyce
This week, we’re continuing our series introducing Virginia-native and software engineer to Jargon's team, Vanessa...
Feburary 13, 2020
Voice-Connected Business + Jargon
The Jargon team is excited to attend Voice-Connected Business 2020 next month in Portland, Oregon!...
February 4, 2020
Life of a J: Matt Khor
This week, we’re continuing our series introducing an East Coast addition to Jargon's engineering team, Matt...
January 28, 2020
Voice Trends at the Start of the Decade
One of my favorite aspects about my job is the opportunity to hear from a wide array of partners, brands, and digital agencies leading...
December 5, 2019
Project Voice + Jargon
The Jargon team is thrilled to announce that we will be attending Project Voice next month! After a successful year full of...
October 28, 2019
Startup Tools for Running an Efficient Early-Stage Company
At Jargon, we’re excited to announce a new series of blog posts diving into our startup journey...
October 22, 2019
Google and Amazon Product Announcements
Amazon and Google both took to the stage in the past month to release new hardware for their voice assistants...
October 1, 2019
J19 Retreat
Last week, our team got to head out to Leavenworth, WA for what will become...
September 24, 2019
Voice-First Defined by the Community
This week, we're taking a look at what it means to define "Voice-first", a term commonly used...
September 17, 2019
Life as a J: Keith Stone
This week, we’re continuing our series introducing Jargon's first pilot and street bike racer, Keith...
September 9, 2019
Product and Feature Announcements for the Voice First Community
Taking a close look at historical announcements and holiday seasons, these are the industry events we believe should be...
September 5, 2019
Screens grab your attention; audio holds onto it
Our attention bounces between tabs, apps, threads, channels, and feeds all day. We try our best to focus...
August 20, 2019
Life as a J: Nalin Richardson
This week, we’re continuing our new series welcoming the newest member and first intern of team Jargon, Nalin...
August 13, 2019
The Ecosystem of Voice Assistants
3.25 billion -- that’s the number of voice assistants in the immediate reach of consumers around the globe...
August 6, 2019
Life as a J: Seth Lugibihl
This week, we’re kicking off a new series welcoming the newest members of team Jargon...
July 30, 2019
Recap | Voice Summit 2019
Shaun and I spent last week in New Jersey at the Voice Summit 2019...
July 23, 2019
Five Reasons Seattle is the Voice Capital of the World
Is Seattle the voice-first capital of the world? It's quite the title for any city to claim, but someone had to say it...
July 1, 2019
Samsung Bixby’s Advantage in the Voice-First World
Can Samsung’s virtual assistant, Bixby, compete with Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant?...
June 16, 2019
Updated: Events and Conferences for the Voice First Community
Ever curious what’s happening behind the scenes with voice developers to build Skills for Alexa?...
June 6, 2019
Developer Guide - Get Started in Voice
Are you interested in getting started in the voice ecosystem? Whether you’re a new developer or a seasoned coder, it’s enticing to get involved in a new and transforming technology...
May 16, 2019
Using Jargon to Adopt a Skill for Amazon Echo Auto
Amazon has started fulfilling orders for the Echo Auto device. This will open up a whole new category of voice first functionality for customers...
May 8, 2019
Meet with Jargon in Seattle
With various events happening this year in the voice community, we want to take the opportunity to highlight two upcoming events next week featuring Jargon!...
May 2, 2019
Jargon takes Escape the Room to Germany
When Gal first started working on Alexa skills in late 2016, he wasn’t planning on what happened next...
April 23, 2019
Events and Conferences for the Voice First Community
Attending conferences and events provides a significant opportunity to connect with industry leaders and converse about the latest developments in the ecosystem...
April 18, 2019
Top 7 Requests Voice Developers are Asking the Alexa Team
Ever curious what’s happening behind the scenes with voice developers to build Skills for Alexa?...
April 4, 2019
Jargon’s Milkana Brace Nominated for Start-up CEO of the Year
The Jargon team is thrilled to announce Milkana Brace has been nominated for the Start-up CEO of the Year award from GeekWire!...
March 26, 2019
Manage Content with the Jargon SDK
Garrett Vargas, Alexa Voice Developer, shares his thoughts on several best practices with the Jargon SDK...
March 19, 2019
Jargon Partners with Voices.com
The Jargon team is excited to announce that we have partnered with Voices.com!...
March 12, 2019
Jargon Featured in Built In Seattle’s 50 Startups to Watch in 2019
The Jargon team is excited to announce that we have been featured in Built in Seattle’s 50 Startups to Watch!...
March 7, 2019
Jargon Raises $1.8M to Build Conversation Platform
Jargon Raises $1.8M to Build Conversation Platform for Voice Applications...
February 26, 2019
Jargon SDK Support for Actions on Google
The Jargon team is excited to announce the Jargon SDK for Actions on Google...
February 19, 2019
VUX World with Jargon - a Podcast
We’re excited to share that we recently teamed up with our friends at VUX World to talk Jargon...
February 14, 2019
Amazon Talks Localization
The Amazon Alexa team recently hosted a localization webinar for voice developers that dove into the importance of...
January 30, 2019
Jargon SDK: Top Five Benefits
Garrett Vargas, Alexa Voice Developer, dives into the Jargon SDK to list his top five benefits for voice content management...
January 23, 2019
Dabble with Jargon
Jargon is excited to announce that we’ve teamed up with Dabble Lab to dive into...
January 21, 2019
Recap: Alexa Conference 2019
The third annual Alexa Conference took place in Chattanooga, TN last week. It attracted 600+ attendees...
January 17, 2019
Introducing Jovo Support
You spoke, we listened! The Jargon team is excited to announce the Jargon SDK plugin...
January 10, 2019
Who Tells Alexa What to Say?
In the past week, announcements from Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant have confirmed the staggering...
January 7, 2019
Going to the Alexa Conference?
The Alexa Conference presented by VoiceFirst.FM is next week, and we’re excited to...
December 18, 2018
Jargon Turns One!
On a predictably rainy day in Seattle last December...
December 13, 2018
Jargon Starter Templates
Building a new Alexa skill involves a lot of work: designing the voice experience, crafting the interaction model, and finally...
December 10, 2018
Alexa, What's a Skill?
Here’s the story: somehow you or someone you know got connected to a voice assistant this holiday season -- what’s next?...
November 28, 2018
Welcome to Jargon!
We live in exciting times! We’re at the early stages of a tectonic and rapid shift towards the use of voice as a platform across devices...
November 24, 2018
M12 Global Female Founders Competition
We're thrilled for Jargon to be listed as one of 10 finalists for the M12 Global Female Founders Competition!