Here’s your May roundup from the world of voice technology for kids. Let’s dive right in!

This month: How our voice technology supports kids’ phonemic awareness development, the World Economic Forum’s new AI and Children toolkit, the recording and Q&A from our recent webinar, and more!

Phonemic awareness: The role of voice technology

Assessment of phonemic awareness skills during the first two years of school instruction is one of the best predictors of how well a child will learn to read. In the latest SoapBox Tech Blog, Head of Education Product Brenda McGuirk talks about the importance of developing phonemic awareness and the role our kid-specific speech technology plays in supporting teachers and their students on the early literacy journey.

The WEF’s new AI and Children toolkit

Last month, the World Economic Forum (WEF) unveiled its much-awaited Artificial Intelligence for Children toolkit. In this blog, we summarize key takeaways and explain how our voice technology honors WEF’s kids-FIRST approach to AI development.

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Voice AI and kidtech news

SoapBox named a finalist: “Announcing the 2022 CODiE Awards finalists” – SIIA CODiE Awards

About our Imagine Learning partnership: “SoapBox Labs will bring speech recognition AI to major literacy tech developer Imagine Learning” – Voicebot

Equity and diversity in K-12: “Why schools need to talk about racial bias in AI-powered technologies” – EdWeek

Pandemic learning loss: “Pandemic erased a decade of progress for public pre-K programs, report finds” – Washington Post

On kids’ online privacy: “Getting children’s privacy right requires opening your eyes” – AdExchanger

Speech tech in the metaverse: “Why speech tech is key to a well-rounded metaverse” – SpeechTechnology Magazine

Anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.

Mister Rogers

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