Timeline of Voice Technology: IVR to Siri to Autonomous AI Voice Agents (2026)
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An exhaustive 50-year engineering timeline of Voice Technology. From Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) IVR in the 1970s to Apple Siri in 2011, conversational chatbots in 2020, and autonomous Voice-to-Voice agents in 2026.