Since hosting high school radio shows, Katleen Francois ’13 knew she wanted to become a media mogul. Having recently launched her own business, she returned this year to Emerson College and the Launch Bootcamp to hone her entrepreneurial chops.
Emerson Launch Director Sanjay Pothen talked to Mark Brodie, an affiliated faculty member in Communication Studies, about voice technology at Emerson and beyond for the latest episode of Campus on the Common, the School of Communication’s podcast of ideas and interviews.
Emerson Launch Director Sanjay Pothen spoke to University Business and explained that as voice technology grows, higher education is a natural fit for utilizing voice enabled technology in the classroom, as well as preparing students for careers in the field.
Voice@Emerson is launching an accelerated class to earn a first-in-industry Voice Technology Design and Coding certificate.
Emerson Launch and the School of Communication recently hosted the first-ever Voice of Education Summit, a daylong conference where educators and industry leaders discussed how voice-enabled technology can be used in and out of the classroom.
One hundred and thirty-nine years after its founding as a school of oratory, Emerson College is reasserting its voice.