VOICE Summit 2019 | VED Talks | Allen Firstenberg | July 25
summary
A voice interface that reads and writes Google Sheets is live and working: Vudu (Voodoo) opens a named spreadsheet, reads the last-row value, adds rows, copies formulas and formatting, and updates cells on voice commands like “record my weight” via Google Assistant routines or deep links into Drive. Demos include weight tracking, gas logs and portfolio pulls; spreadsheets provide structure so the system infers columns, skips copied fields, prompts for missing values, and returns calculated results immediately.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to VED Talks
- 0:44Evolution from Vudu to Voodoo Drive
- 2:11Interacting with spreadsheets via voice
- 3:37Adding and updating data in spreadsheets
- 5:43Context and data design in systems
- 7:28Using Google routines for automation
- 8:11Flexibility and power of spreadsheets
- 9:57Future possibilities with Voodoo Drive
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