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Wednesday Deep Dive

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The Wednesday Deep Dive takes a detailed look at what's new in AI. Each week, we share in-depth insights on new tools, proven prompts, and significant developments, helping tech professionals work smarter and stay ahead.

In this issue, we’re looking at three platforms that make work smarter in high-friction areas: testing, voice automation, and content production. Whether you're writing E2E tests, scaling voice-first experiences, or producing multilingual media, this stack has you covered:

🧪 ZeroStep: Turn plain text into Playwright tests with no selectors
🎙 SoundHound: Give your restaurant, car, or device a branded voice
✍️ We.Content AI: One interface for text, visuals, and code generation

Let’s dive in.

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🧪 ZeroStep: Write Tests in Plain English, Skip the Selectors

ZeroStep brings AI to the world of end-to-end testing. Built as an extension for the Playwright framework, it enables developers to write tests using natural language instructions instead of brittle selectors, such as XPath or CSS.

This means no more tedious element targeting or constant test refactoring every time the UI changes. With ZeroStep’s ai() function, the tool interprets plain-text commands at runtime and performs the correct action, automating what used to take hours of fine-tuning.

💭 Imagine This: AI-Assisted Test Automation Without the Headaches

You’re shipping weekly, and the UI is changing fast. Typical selectors break constantly, and QA becomes a bottleneck. Instead, you write “click on the login button” or “verify the confirmation message appears.” ZeroStep handles the rest, finding the element, executing the action, and making sure your test doesn’t crumble when the DOM shifts slightly.

📈 Benefits People Are Seeing

• Fully selector-free automation: no CSS or XPath needed

• Built for Playwright, integrates directly with dev workflows

• Boosts test resilience in fast-changing UIs

• Write tests before features are finished (TDD-friendly)

• Rapid onboarding for non-QA team members

🏊‍♂ Main Feature Deep Dive

ZeroStep is designed with test stability and developer velocity in mind. Its AI interpreter removes the dependency on the DOM’s structure by relying on user-visible intent (e.g., button labels, visual cues). This is especially valuable for SPAs or design systems where visual elements change but user actions remain consistent.

Developers can write tests in parallel with feature development, even before the UI is finalized. The npm-based setup makes it easy to slot into existing JS environments, and its broad automation coverage handles not just simple clicks, but complex flows and assertions.

🤔 Think About It!

Modern software moves too fast for fragile tests. ZeroStep helps you test the what, not the how, so your automation keeps up with your product. It’s a big step toward treating testing as a part of product thinking, not a patchwork afterthought.

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🎙 SoundHound: Your Brand, Powered by Voice AI

SoundHound is a voice AI platform built to power real-world, multi-turn conversations in environments where speed, clarity, and context matter. From answering phone orders at restaurants to powering voice assistants in vehicles and smart devices, it brings voice interaction to life.

At its core is Dynamic Interaction™, a proprietary system that supports context-aware, back-and-forth conversations. No canned responses. No clunky transitions. It understands corrections, handles follow-ups, and sounds like a real person.

💭 Imagine This: A Voice Assistant That Feels Human

You run a fast-casual restaurant. Customers call in during lunch rush. SoundHound answers the phone, takes the order, confirms modifications, and completes the transaction, all without human intervention. It can even clarify items, upsell, or redirect based on location or time of day.

📈 Benefits People Are Seeing

• Restaurant voice ordering with fewer missed calls

• Hands-free in-car voice commands and search

• On-device wake words for smart product integration

• Full-stack voice solutions: ASR, NLU, TTS, transcription

• Tools for branded voice interfaces and developer APIs

🏊‍♂ Main Feature Deep Dive

SoundHound’s platform includes components like Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for voice input, Natural Language Understanding (NLU) to parse intent, and Text-to-Speech (TTS) to respond with a branded voice. This stack is then embedded into various verticals, enabling companies to offer responsive, voice-first interactions.

Its developer platform (Houndify) provides SDKs, APIs, and tools for custom voice assistants. That means whether you're building a voice-enabled kiosk or a hotel concierge system, SoundHound offers the infrastructure and interface layer you need.

🤔 Think About It!

Typing is slow. Menus are clunky. Voice removes friction, but only if it understands. SoundHound is built for that real-world complexity, helping you meet customers where they are, in the moment.

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✍️ We.Content AI: A Full-Stack Content Engine at Your Fingertips

We.Content AI is a versatile AI platform that helps creators, marketers, and businesses generate and manage content across text, visuals, and code. It’s powered by models like GPT and DALL·E, and offers a clean dashboard for producing content in multiple formats and languages.

With built-in support for image generation, speech-to-text, and even code snippets, this is more than a writing assistant. It’s a launchpad for campaigns, blog posts, chatbot content, landing pages, and beyond.

☁️ Imagine This: One Platform, All Your Content

You’re building a global campaign. You need ad copy in 4 languages, demo images, and custom chatbot scripts for the launch page. Instead of bouncing between tools, We.Content AI lets you do it all from one place, then export, edit, and go live.

📈 Benefits People Are Seeing

• Text, image, and code generation in one dashboard

• Supports content in multiple languages

• Offers prebuilt and custom templates

• Built-in tools for rewriting, summarizing, and formatting

• Intuitive UI for managing and exporting content at scale

🏊‍♂ Main Feature Deep Dive

We.Content AI starts with a prompt-driven workflow. You enter instructions or select a template, and the system generates assets based on that input. Beyond static content, it also includes tools like speech-to-text, AI chatbots, and content organization features via a dashboard that supports editing and export.

For developers, there’s an AI Code Generator; for designers, an image creation interface; and for marketers, tailored templates that support campaign creation in multiple languages and styles.

🤔 Think About It!

Creative workflows often feel disjointed: copy in Google Docs, assets in Canva, code in VSCode. We.Content AI unifies the process, giving teams a shared workspace to ideate, create, and ship, all with the help of smart algorithms.

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