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Creepy Talking Robot + The Dentist = Horrific Nightmares

By Adam B. on February 5, 2009 | 1 Response

Yesterday, my Speech Brother Eric B. was lamenting an upcoming visit to The Dentist.  For those of you who don’t know Eric B., he loves sweets almost as much as he loves the sweet technology that is Speech.  And–due to his sweet tooth–dental visits are often nightmarish torture sessions full of weeping and muted cursing. [...]

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Nexidia’s New Award Spawns Some Awards of Our Own

By Eric B. on February 4, 2009 | 3 Responses

Speech Heads, it certainly has been a big year for Nexidia, and the year is but a slim five weeks old. They’ve been announcing partnerships with Microsoft and MSNBC and just patting themselves on the back silly, punch drunk and swooning with their outrageous fortune. I’m sure if you were to take a little trip [...]

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Speech-Heads Beware: SpeechCouture Is Coming!

Speech-Heads Beware: SpeechCouture Is Coming!

By Adam B. on February 3, 2009 | 1 Response

OK Speech-Heads: Here’s The Speech News: With SpeechTEK 2009 fast approaching, my Speech Brother Eric B. and I decided that it’s time to realize one of our Ultimate Speech Goals: The launch of SpeechCouture.  That’s right: the first ever Speech Technology Clothing Line. Eric B. and I figure SpeechCouture will be perfect for SpeechTEK.  This [...]

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There Was a Time: A People’s History of Speech Technology

By Eric B. on February 2, 2009

Special Supplement 1A: Can You Feel Me Now? I found an interesting historical tidbit on the wires, I thought I’d share. I found a photograph from the archives of the National Photo Company Collection, now under the auspices of the Library of Congress, that was featured on the wonderful Shorpy photo blog. The 1925 Gault [...]

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