Speech Recognition with Phillip Hunter

Speech recognition is mostly known for use in desktop dictation and interactive voice response applications. While there's been some exploration into other areas, such growth is still early-stage. Recently, though, multiple companies have begun looking at the mobile phone as an area of promise for apps that can make use of speech recognition. Of course, many of us realize the irony of the "new" thought of using your voice with a phone. So, the question becomes, "Why is this being seen as a new opportunity now and what does that opportunity look like?"

This talk will look at the conjecture of the last few years, at some of the wilder claims, and at the very practical work being done. We'll discuss how speech reco on mobile devices is in some ways well behind where we thought it would be, and in other ways is ahead. Woven through all of that will be design principles that should be considered by anyone creating mobile apps in the next few years, as it becomes clear that speech is not just an alternative UI, but is emerging alongside gesture and touch as a required part of the interaction suite.

What:
Speech recognition as an interface

When:
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
6:00pm - 8:30pm

Where:
Improving Enterprises
15950 Dallas Parkway #500
Dallas, TX 75248
(972) 200-0028

How (much):
Free

RSVP:
It would be nice (dfwupa@gmail.com)

Who:
Phillip Hunter, Senior User Experience Designer at Microsoft, guides product and partner design efforts based on the Microsoft Tellme speech recognition platform. He has used his broad interaction and experience design background to create advanced speech, desktop, web, and mobile applications for a wide variety of customers. He’s built successful teams, led Fortune 500 projects, and invented processes and tools while at Intervoice, Voice Partners, SpeechCycle and design - outloud prior to joining Microsoft.
 
Phillip enjoys being a husband, spending time with his kids, playing guitar, and dreaming of long hikes in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.