Podcast: Friends, Romans, Machines listen to my voice!
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Introduction
Last week, our co-founder Rafal Cymerys was invited to join Bloc Thinking Podcast with two amazing hosts: Werner Puchert and Jonathan Gall.
Listen to their conversation that covers a number of topics including:
- the difference between solving machine problems vs. solving people problems
- challenges and findings while designing without visual interface
- impact of language and accents while working with voice
- the why behind focusing solely on voice
And also bits and pieces of Rafal's personal story: why being just a software engineer became boring, how Upside came to life and what are the plans for the future.
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