Ex-Onkyo Designer Readies Alexa-Controlled Tabletop Radio for Indiegogo Launch

Voiz AiRadio, a soon-to-launch Indiegogo project, is billed as a tabletop radio designed to deliver “audiophile sound quality” for streaming music. Voiz’s Amazon Alexa-enabled AiRadio was voiced by acousticians at Andover Audio and is scheduled to make its public debut in Q3 in a three-model lineup, said the company Wednesday. An Indiegogo campaign is due to kick off next month when consumers will be able to order the AiRadio Duo VR-80 for $194, a 41 percent discount off the suggested retail price, said the company. Voiz hopes to raise $60,000 in crowdfunding to cover development costs. CEO Hiro Ogura, who developed and designed products for brands including Onkyo, Emerson Radio and Aurora Impex, said Voiz’s goal is to create a proprietary artificial intelligence platform for entertainment products.