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sonja posted: "KQED, a major NPR/PBS affiliate based in San Francisco is looking for a technology historian with expertise in the development of voice technologies to interview for a reporting project.
The project, titled The VoiceBot Chronicles, focuses on how human" </span>
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<h2 style="color:rgb(85,85,85);margin:0px;font-size:20px"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.historyoftechnology.org/2021/10/01/call-kqed-is-looking-for-a-technology-historian-with-expertise-in-the-development-of-voice-technologies-to-interview-for-a-reporting-project/__;!!KwNVnqRv!Uk6wqvHJZ1aeu7sYtyy7eriZo7MxzB7lMDEbQXBVMNJ4pvv3qOeVLJzN8oiC99Gnmb3w$" style="color:rgb(37,133,178);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">CALL: KQED is looking for a technology historian with expertise in the development of voice technologies to interview for a reporting project.</a></h2>
<span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">by <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.historyoftechnology.org/?author=12__;!!KwNVnqRv!Uk6wqvHJZ1aeu7sYtyy7eriZo7MxzB7lMDEbQXBVMNJ4pvv3qOeVLJzN8oiC91EriHJs$" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)" target="_blank">sonja</a> </span>
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