The North American industry trade associations' amalgamated Quarterly Market Index Survey for Reroofing in Q3 2023 showed improved prospects compared to the same period a year earlier, with eight out of 10 respondents identifying as roofing contractors.

RC's annual research initiative focused on capturing the roofing industry's broad perspective on successes and challenges in 2023 while also looking ahead to the year to come.

Escape the price-driven sale with these real-world strategies aimed to help roofing contractors succeed.

The New Year is underway, and so is the submission period to join Roofing Contractor’s Top 100!

Get a very early glimpse of who submitted for RC's 2023 Top 100 List.  

Residential and commercial roofing firms enjoyed a banner year in 2022, as reflected in RC's 2023 Top 100 List, including Tecta America and CentiMark Corporation, which each reported record revenues; other entrants made their presence known quickly courtesy of private equity, including Erie Home and Infinity Home Services.  

As we have for more than a dozen years, the RC team collected 2022 annual sales revenue data submitted independently by roofing companies nationally.

RC editors highlight some of the roofing companies surging toward success on this year’s Top 100 List.

Multiple roofing contractors have claimed a spot on Inc. Magazine’s Inc. 5000 list, which tracks the fastest-growing private companies in the United States.

Six roofing contractors on the 2023 Top 100 list share why making the list matters and how they benefit from entering their companies each year for consideration.

You know the 2023 Top 100 list results, but how do those companies stack up in their respective regions? Find out here.

The Roofing Industry Takes the Next Step on Solar, Resiliency and Jobsite Efficiency

Check out our exclusive photo gallery from Community Service Day 2023 and see if you recognize anyone who was lending a hand.

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Rise in voice banking requires a rise in voice-based support, verification, and AI.

Interoperability's been the biggest challenge, but standards are emerging.

Our roundup of the speech innovation taking place in eight important industry verticals.

The New York-based company reportedly last year captioned and subtitled more than 15 million minutes in video on-demand, processed more than 500,000 minutes of content with speech recognition, and live-captioned more than 300,000 minutes of events.

Speechmatics, a provider of automatic speech recognition software based on recurrent neural networks and statistical language modeling, is on a mission to make its speech-to-text technology usable by 70 percent of the world's population in the next three years.

SoundHound AI, based in Santa Clara, Calif., this year launched, among other things, Chat AI, a voice-enabled digital assistant with generative artificial intelligence; and Smart Answering, which uses voice AI to handle inbound customer calls.

Resemble AI, providers of a platform that uses generative AI to create realistic-sounding voices, in July released Resemble Detect, which can validate the authenticity of audio data to expose speech deepfakes in real time .

With almost 25 years of experience in developing text-to-speech solutions, ReadSpeaker today offers one of the largest selections of expressive, humanlike voices in the industry.

When it comes to new technologies, few have had as much of an impact as generative artificial intelligence, ushered in by OpenAI in November 2022 with its ChatGPT launch.

NVIDIA saw blowout second-quarter results, surging margins, and incredible demand, which prompted one analyst from Constellation Insights to conclude that "it's clear the company has little competition and a lot of pricing power."

VALL-E, one of Microsoft's latest forays into artificial intelligence, is a transformer-based text-to-speech model that can re-create any voice from just a three-second sample clip.

ID R&D, a New York-based provider of liveness detection and voice biometrics, has quickly become a leader in addressing AI-powered fraud by combining passive facial liveness and voice anti-spoofing technologies.

D-ID, an Israeli company founded in 2017, is providing superpowers to individual creators and businesses alike, uniquely enabling them to transform any picture into an interactive video in seconds.

AI, AI, and more AI: The technology is disrupting everything, and it's found everywhere in our speech industry achievements for 2023.

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While the Biden administration is asking for $773 billion for 2023, that number may not go as far as hoped. DoD says it finished up its planning for 2023 before inflation rates rose and before Russia invaded Ukraine causing oil prices to spike.

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Real-time data capture, printing, mobility and voice-directed solutions specialist Dakota, alongside partners Truckfile, the UK provider of web-based fleet and workshop management, drivers check and compliance systems, have been selected as finalists in the ‘Fleet Innovation of the Year’ Category at the Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2023.

The October 2023 edition of Manufacturing & Logistics IT magazine features a Special Technology Report looking, in depth, at the latest developments in the world of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Voice-directed Picking.

Also included is a ‘Cover Story’: With automotive supply chains stabilising, focus on sustainability expected to rise back up automakers’ agendas.

The top Reporter’s Notebooks of 2023 continue to demonstrate the interest and desire for in-depth reporting, digging out more than the tidbits, but the stories behind the news.

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Federal News Network asked a panel of current and former federal executives for their opinions about 2023 and what federal IT and acquisition storylines stood out over the last 12 months.

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Following a record year in 2022, real-time data capture, printing, mobility and voice-directed solutions specialist, Dakota Integrated Solutions, has again exceeded projected revenue and growth targets during 2023.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the pharmaceutical contract manufacturing industry declined in 2023 compared to 2021-22. High inflation and interest rates along with an uncertain business environment disincentivized investment.

Get helpful pointers as you make 2023 FEHB selections this open season! In our exclusive Federal News Network ebook, we share details on what’s changing and what’s new, along with tips from benefits experts and links to OPM resources. Download it now!

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Several states have gone to war with the NCAA over various matters in 2023, marking a bumpy year for the governing body of college sports.

Dozens of beloved Washington restaurants closed this year, more than in 2022, according to the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington.

In 2023, vehicle theft became an epidemic in the Washington, D.C., area as the rate soared, with more than 6,000 cars stolen this year in the capital city.

In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville and Mike Malarsie discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include:

• Here Comes the WWDC 2023 (00:04:20)
• The Musical Chairs Continues for the iPhone 15 Rumors (00:12:50)
• Apple Turns on HomePod's Smoke Alarm Recognition (00:18:40)
• Move Over! There is a New Bank in Town (00:23:18(
• Subscription Fatigue (00:33:18(
• Upcoming Apple Watch OS Getting a Big Interface Changes (00:41:09)
• More Leaks in What We Could See in the Upcoming iOS 17 (00:43:06)
• What's in this month AppleVis News (00:57:42) Closing (01:00:36)

Links:

• Apple Announces WWDC 2023 Event Taking Place June 5 to 9
• Apple's AR/VR Headset Will Be Able To Run 'Hundreds of Thousands' of iPad Apps, Report Says
• iPhone 15 Pro Now Expected to Feature Two-Button Design for Volume, Mute Switch Still Replaced by Button
• iPhone 15 Pro 'Action' Button to Replace Role of Volume Buttons When Performing a Power Off/Force Restart
• Apple turns on HomePod's smoke alarm recognition
• Apple Card Savings Account Available Starting Today With 4.15% Interest Rate
• Apple Pay Later Launches
• Voice Dream Reader for iOS is now $59.99/year
• watchOS 10 Rumored to Feature New Home Screen Layout With Folders
• Apple will make big interface changes in watchOS 10
• A more sane iOS 17 compatibility list has been leaked
• iOS 17 Rumored to Improve Search, Dynamic Island, Control Center, and More
• Alleged iOS 17 leak offers a vague rundown of new features for iPhone users
• iOS 17 Rumored to Feature Wallet and Find My Improvements, macOS 14 to Be Minor Update
• Purple Friday
• Announcing Timecrest Rewrite coming April 25, 2023!

If you have feedback or questions for the Unleashed team, you can reach them by…

In this month's edition of AppleVis Unleashed, Thomas Domville and Mike Malarsie discuss recent Apple news and other topics of interest. Topics featured in this episode include:

• Introduction
• AppleVis Community Inducts GoodMaps Explore and lire Into Its iOS App Hall of Fame
• Apple Previews Upcoming Accessibility Features and Enhancements, Including Point and Speak and More Natural, Expressive Siri Voices for VoiceOver Users
• Mailbag
• Here’s how long Apple users are holding on to their iPhones
• Latest News and Rumors about the upcoming iPhone and Apple Watch
• What's in this month AppleVis News
• Closing

Links:

• AppleVis Community Inducts GoodMaps Explore and lire Into Its iOS App Hall of Fame
• Apple Previews Upcoming Accessibility Features and Enhancements, Including Point and Speak and More Natural, Expressive Siri Voices for VoiceOver Users
• Here’s how long Apple users are holding on to their iPhones
• Rumor: Apple’s Upcoming iPhone 15 to Support 15W Fast Charging With Non MagSafe Wireless Chargers
• Dynamic Island coming to all four iPhone 15 models, multiple reports suggest
• iPhone 16 Pro to have bigger display
• Apple Watch Series 9 could include the first speed boost in years
• ChatGPT
• Mona for Mastodon

If you have feedback or questions for the Unleashed team, you can reach them by email at unleashed@applevis.com or by leaving a voice message at 1-816-287-1482 (US number, call charges may apply).

In this edition of the AppleVis Extra, Thomas Domville, Dave Nason, and Tyler Stephen get together to discuss Apple's WWDC 2023 Keynote.

Resources:

Apple Press Releases

• Introducing Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer
• iOS 17 makes iPhone more personal and intuitive
• iPadOS 17 brings new levels of personalization and versatility to iPad
• macOS Sonoma brings all‑new capabilities for elevating productivity and creativity
• Introducing watchOS 10, a milestone update for Apple Watch
• tvOS 17 brings FaceTime and video conferencing to the biggest screen in the home
• Apple introduces the 15‑inch MacBook Air
• Apple unveils new Mac Studio and brings Apple silicon to Mac Pro
• Apple introduces M2 Ultra
• AirPods redefine the personal audio experience
• Apple announces powerful new privacy and security features
• Apple provides powerful insights into new areas of health

Apple Operating System Previews

• iOS 17 Preview
• iPadOS 17 Preview
• macOS Sonoma Preview
• watchOS 10 Preview

Media

• Watch WWDC23 keynote replay on Apple website
• Watch WWDC23 keynote replay on Youtube
• You can also watch the WWDC23 keynote in the Apple TV app on any supported device.

WWDC Sessions

• Create accessible spatial experiences: Learn how you can make spatial computing apps that work well for everyone. Like all Apple platforms, visionOS is designed for accessibility: We'll share how we've…