Simply Briefed Season 3 E17: From Typing to Talking: How Voice Is Changing Work
- Kristine Lium
- Sep 17
- 2 min read
Key topics
How voice improves focus and presence in clinical care
The emotional friction (and relief) of talking to machines
What success in speech tech really looks like
The future of voice, trust, and digital conversation
Why Tandem Health built a voice-first product—and what it’s changing
Episode 17: From Typing to Talking: How Voice Is Changing Work
– With Oliver Åstrand
In this episode, we talk to Oliver Åstrand, co-founder and CTO of Tandem Health—a fast-growing health tech company using voice technology to radically reduce admin in healthcare and give clinicians back their time.
From the evolution of speech recognition to the role of large language models, we explore how voice is reshaping real work—starting in the treatment room. We also unpack the challenges of privacy, personalization, trust, and tone—and what it means when machines don’t just listen… but respond.
Key Takeaways
Thanks to AI, speech tools can now understand context, nuance, and complexity—even in clinical settings.
Clinicians using Tandem spend less time on admin and more time with patients. The result? Less stress, better care.
Voice could reshape how we work—not just in healthcare, but anywhere focus and presence matter.
🎧 Listen now on Spotify!
Host: Kristine Lium
About the guest
Name: Oliver Åstrand
Title: CTO & Co-founder Tandem Health
Background: Tandem Health is a Swedish health tech company focused on simplifying clinical documentation through voice dictation. By enabling clinicians to journal via speech, they’re helping reduce screen time and increase presence with patients. Oliver has previously been part of Researched AI at GoogleX & Uber and developed AI products at startups Depict & Mavenoid
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