Speech TEK 2009: An Open Letter
Dear Friends, This is just a quick note to let you know that even now my editor and his editor and his editor’s editor are gathered at a secure location, planning the Mother Of All Speech Technology Conferences: Speech TEK 2009. The website is up. The Call For Speakers is forthcoming. So SAVE THE DATE: [...]
A Blog Of The People, By The People, For The People
We here at Speech Tech Blog still have election fever. When the results finally came in, some of our staffers were last seen running nude in the direction of Times Square with a wild look in their eyes. And after watching democracy in action last night, we don’t want the magic to end. In short: We want to here [...]
As Promised: H-Care’s Human Digital Assistant In Action
If you read the feature story in Speech Technology‘s most recent issue about IVVR technology, then you already know about H-Care and “Chiara”–the Human Digital Assistant (HDA) that Umberto Basso and H-Care deployed for Fiat in Italy. And if you read the Editor’s Letter in that same issue, then you have been waiting to see [...]
Creepy Talking Tombstone Follow-Up
It seems that my last post about the really creepy talking tombstone generated massive waves of fear and confusion among readers. All across the internet, babies were crying and women were weeping and grown men were dropping to their knees and shouting at the Heavens. Even my editor reported being “weirded out” by the idea [...]
