{"id":19333,"date":"2020-06-03T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2580649"},"modified":"2020-06-03T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:15:00","slug":"the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"The BBC\u2019s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n

Last year the BBC announced it was working on its own voice assistant<\/a>, called “Beeb,” designed to help customers take advantage of voice assistant technology regardless of their accent. Existing assistants still have issues understanding accents, and nowhere is this truer than Britain, which has a broad range of accents despite its small geographic size. Now, Beeb is going into beta on PC.<\/p>\n

The early version of the software will be available to UK-based members of Microsoft’s Windows Insider program (download the app from the Microsoft Store<\/a> here). Microsoft is actually playing a pivotal role in the development of Beeb, with its Azure AI<\/a> services being used by the BBC to build the infrastructure behind the platform. In the first version, users will be able to get live and on-demand radio, music mixes and podcasts, as well as news and weather updates. And it wouldn’t be a real voice assistant without a few Easter eggs thrown in. Ask Beeb for a joke, and you’ll get from BBC comedy writers. Ask Beeb for a QI <\/em>fact, and you’ll get one from host Sandi Toksvig herself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
\n
\n
\"Beeb<\/figure>\n

It’s still early days for Beeb, so you can probably expect a few bugs at this juncture. The BBC is keen for feedback from users, though, and says that more features will be added in the coming weeks and months. It’s an altogether ambitious project if it’s to take on the likes of Alexa<\/a> or Siri, but with voice assistants becoming an increasing popular feature in British homes — and the BBC revered as the institution it is — it could well find favor with users on that side of the pond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n
 <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\n

See Campaign: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-08-27-bbc-voice-assistant-accents.html<\/a>
Contact Information:<\/b>
Rachel England<\/p>\n

Tags:<\/b>
<\/a>, Wire<\/a>, United States<\/a>, English<\/a><\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/div>\n

\n

Contact Information:<\/h3>\n

Rachel England<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year the BBC announced it was working on its own voice assistant, called “Beeb,” designed to help customers take advantage of voice assistant technology regardless of their accent. Existing assistants still have issues understanding accents, and nowhere is this truer than Britain, which has a broad range of accents despite its small geographic size. Now, … Continue reading The BBC’s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"\nThe BBC\u2019s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The BBC\u2019s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last year the BBC announced it was working on its own voice assistant, called “Beeb,” designed to help customers take advantage of voice assistant technology regardless of their accent. Existing assistants still have issues understanding accents, and nowhere is this truer than Britain, which has a broad range of accents despite its small geographic size. Now, … Continue reading The BBC’s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC Continue Reading →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-03T16:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F79d105d0-a4bc-11ea-b59f-9b432c06288c&thumbnail=640%2C&client=49kdj93ncb8s938hkdo&signature=4ed1521f0145626f420c7a37096e4e2d8e949723\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sarim Pixako\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sarim Pixako\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/\",\"name\":\"The BBC\u2019s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC - Business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F79d105d0-a4bc-11ea-b59f-9b432c06288c&thumbnail=640%2C&client=49kdj93ncb8s938hkdo&signature=4ed1521f0145626f420c7a37096e4e2d8e949723\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-03T16:15:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/c2a30f1f67fb81890ad62e1daf092377\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F79d105d0-a4bc-11ea-b59f-9b432c06288c&thumbnail=640%2C&client=49kdj93ncb8s938hkdo&signature=4ed1521f0145626f420c7a37096e4e2d8e949723\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F79d105d0-a4bc-11ea-b59f-9b432c06288c&thumbnail=640%2C&client=49kdj93ncb8s938hkdo&signature=4ed1521f0145626f420c7a37096e4e2d8e949723\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The BBC\u2019s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/\",\"name\":\"Business\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/c2a30f1f67fb81890ad62e1daf092377\",\"name\":\"Sarim Pixako\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9acce50c9b44bcec82e92168491959d754000e22e22a437856e37c38599249?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9acce50c9b44bcec82e92168491959d754000e22e22a437856e37c38599249?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sarim Pixako\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/fc\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/author\/sarim-pixako\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The BBC\u2019s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC - Business","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The BBC\u2019s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC - Business","og_description":"Last year the BBC announced it was working on its own voice assistant, called “Beeb,” designed to help customers take advantage of voice assistant technology regardless of their accent. Existing assistants still have issues understanding accents, and nowhere is this truer than Britain, which has a broad range of accents despite its small geographic size. Now, … Continue reading The BBC’s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC Continue Reading →","og_url":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/","og_site_name":"Business","article_published_time":"2020-06-03T16:15:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F79d105d0-a4bc-11ea-b59f-9b432c06288c&thumbnail=640%2C&client=49kdj93ncb8s938hkdo&signature=4ed1521f0145626f420c7a37096e4e2d8e949723","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Sarim Pixako","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sarim Pixako","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/","url":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/","name":"The BBC\u2019s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC - Business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F79d105d0-a4bc-11ea-b59f-9b432c06288c&thumbnail=640%2C&client=49kdj93ncb8s938hkdo&signature=4ed1521f0145626f420c7a37096e4e2d8e949723","datePublished":"2020-06-03T16:15:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/c2a30f1f67fb81890ad62e1daf092377"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F79d105d0-a4bc-11ea-b59f-9b432c06288c&thumbnail=640%2C&client=49kdj93ncb8s938hkdo&signature=4ed1521f0145626f420c7a37096e4e2d8e949723","contentUrl":"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-06%2F79d105d0-a4bc-11ea-b59f-9b432c06288c&thumbnail=640%2C&client=49kdj93ncb8s938hkdo&signature=4ed1521f0145626f420c7a37096e4e2d8e949723"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/the-bbcs-beeb-voice-assistant-is-ready-for-testing-on-pc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The BBC\u2019s Beeb voice assistant is ready for testing on PC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/","name":"Business","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/c2a30f1f67fb81890ad62e1daf092377","name":"Sarim Pixako","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9acce50c9b44bcec82e92168491959d754000e22e22a437856e37c38599249?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f9acce50c9b44bcec82e92168491959d754000e22e22a437856e37c38599249?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sarim Pixako"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/fc"],"url":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/author\/sarim-pixako\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19334,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19333\/revisions\/19334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}