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Paychex has introduced Paychex Voice Assist this month. The new artificial intelligence-based system enables administrators to run payroll through Google Assistant-compatible devices.
With the new capability, the system can be run via the sound of a verified user’s voice. Users can on start a pay period, act on one in process, make adjustments, reviewe totals, and submitting payroll for processing.
Devices that can be utilized include phones, smartwatches, speakers and smart displays. Voice Assist has built-in verification for user authentication
Paychex sees a wide possible use for this as an analysis of Paychex Flex user data found that more of a third of payroll administrators have submitted payroll from multiple locations within one-month period.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind
Paychex has introduced Paychex Voice Assist this month. The new artificial intelligence-based system enables administrators to run payroll through Google Assistant-compatible devices.
