Category Archives: AI Assist

Voice Ordering Systems with Conversational AI

 

  • Voice order kiosks are a growing trend highlighted by kioskindustry.org, focusing on hands-free convenience, improved accessibility, and operational efficiency for self-service environments. Their posts emphasize market deployments, AI accuracy, challenges with noise and accents, and future compliance standards. By Christmas we should have some nice Vision AI real life examples. In our space Soundhound seems to be the major platform with Sodaclick in Europe.

    One of the impediments to voice order has always been ambient noise. Imagine yourself in Vegas restaurant ordering food. Probably 90 dB. That problem is particularly well-suited for the AI Connect Bar – from URwayModern drive thru and even kiosk ordering is rapidly transforming with the integration of AI, leading to smarter, more responsive machines and seamless user experiences.

Legal News — McDonalds Sued for Improper Use of AI Biometric Data in Drive-Thru

Reported in Retail Automation June 2021 McDonalds AI Drive-Thru Ordering Violates Privacy Laws in Illinois and now headed to Court From EatThisNotThat Jun2021 – Editors Note:  You could see this coming given the test being run in Illinois which has some of the strictest privacy laws. In Brief: McDonalds testing AI-powered drive-thru ordering at 10 restaurants in Illinois Voice Analysis… Read More »

How AI is Creating Jobs in Restaurant Industry

From post on Retail Automation from Restaurant Technology News Feb 2020 – AI is creating jobs. ATM example. How AI Creates Jobs By Retail Systems | February 23, 2020 0 Comment AI is boosting efficiency and making life easier for thousands of AP professionals today. But many of these professionals are undoubtedly wondering if sophisticated software might one day put them… Read More »

Drive Thru Voice Order AI – Good Times Order Taking

 Original complete article on the Denver Post published 2/15/2019.  Support the Denver Post!  Updated 3/23/2019. AI Taking Your Order at Drive Thru Kiosk Voice The Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard at 2095 South Broadway is testing artificial intelligence to take drive-through breakfast orders. The artificial intelligence company, Valyant AI based in Denver says their deal marks one… Read More »

Machine Learning, Inference Engines and AI – & Self-Service

As a public techno service here are some of the recently released machine learning devices available. Say “Hello” to Google Coral Edge TPU, Google’s custom ASIC for machine learning has arrived. During Injong Rhee’s keynote at last year’s Google Next conference in San Francisco, Google announced two new upcoming hardware products: a development board and a USB accelerator stick. Both products were… Read More »