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Date: Fri, Oct 1, 2021 at 11:23 AM Subject: [New post] CALL: KQED is looking for a technology historian with expertise in the development of voice technologies to interview for a reporting project. To: <j-coopersmith@tamu.edu> 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" New post on *Society for the History of Technology (SHOT)* <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.historyoftechnology.org/?author=12__;!!KwNVnqRv!Uk6wqvHJZ1aeu7sYtyy7eriZo7MxzB7lMDEbQXBVMNJ4pvv3qOeVLJzN8oiC91EriHJs$> CALL: KQED is looking for a technology historian with expertise in the development of voice technologies to interview for a reporting project. <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.historyoftechnology.org/2021/10/01/call-kqed-is-looking-for-a-technology-historian-with-expertise-in-the-development-of-voice-technologies-to-interview-for-a-reporting-project/__;!!KwNVnqRv!Uk6wqvHJZ1aeu7sYtyy7eriZo7MxzB7lMDEbQXBVMNJ4pvv3qOeVLJzN8oiC99Gnmb3w$> by sonja <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.historyoftechnology.org/?author=12__;!!KwNVnqRv!Uk6wqvHJZ1aeu7sYtyy7eriZo7MxzB7lMDEbQXBVMNJ4pvv3qOeVLJzN8oiC91EriHJs$> 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 humans are coping with living in a world increasingly mediated by voice technologies - from automated customer service agents to talking cars to voice assistants like Alexa and Siri. One section of the project focuses in on history -- looking in particular at the evolution of voice agents that aim to mimic human "personalities" and "emotions." KQED especially welcomes input from a historian who comes from a diverse background -- eg perhaps someone who identifies as a woman or nonbinary person, and/or is a person of color. 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