Speech-Heads:

I know what you’re thinking: Where, oh where, is my 2010 Speech Technology EdCal?  I need it.  I want it.  I gotta have it.

Well, fear not, Gentle Readers.  All will be revealed in a few short weeks.  I just received a Confidential Communique from my Speech Brother Eric B. indicating that he is on his way back to New York City with the 2010 EdCal in safely locked in a briefcase and handcuffed to his right wrist.

So, watch this space, Speech-Heads.  This is The Quickening.

Oh Sweet Mother of Speech!

My Speech Brother Eric B. just sent me the most terrifying Creepy Talking Robot Update ever.   Check out this post from Pink Tentacle about RIBA the Robot Nurse from RIKEN.

Now technically, RIBA–and her male counterpart RI-MAN–doesn’t speak.  However, these robotic nurses do respond to voice commands.

Let’s Go To The Videotape:

Well Speech-Heads, my Speech Brother Eric B. has finally managed to find a way to combine his two favorite things: speech technology and compulsive gambling.

I received a coded message from Eric B. today about a solution from e-Speaking that allows users to play online poker via the power of their voice.  That’s right: Voice-Controlled Online Poker.

Check out this link from PokerListings.com for more information.  And while you’re at it, check out this Product Demo:

Hey Speech-Heads,

A few weeks ago, I posed the news about the upcoming SpeechTEK Europe.

Well today I got a Special Message from My Once And Future Speech Brother Eric B.

SpeechTEK Europe is still on.  But the dates have changed.  The conference is now scheduled for Ma 26th and 27th of 2010 in Merry Old London!

Be There or Be Square!

Speech-Heads,

Today is a day that will live in infamy: My Speech-Brother Eric B. is leaving SpeechTech Blog to travel the USA.

As there are no words to express my–nay all our–feelings, I will simply leave you with this:

From time to time, my Speech Brother Eric B. and I are awed, amazed, and stupefied by the World of Speech Technology.  And today is one of those times.

We just received word from The Powers That Be, that the premier Speech Technology Conference–the one, the only SpeechTEK–is going to EUROPE!

Check out this announcement and this site for all the details!

If SpeechTEK 09 was any indication, SpeechTEK Europe is going to be amazing!  My Speech Brother Eric B. tells me it will be just like this: