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Andrew
Hunt
April
2001: Introduction
to the W3C Grammar Format
April 2001: The
Speech Synthesis Markup Language for the W3C VoiceXML
Standard
Dr. Andrew Hunt is the Product Architect at SpeechWorks,
where he is responsible for VoiceXML Application
Development products and standards participation.
His standards involvement includes co-editorship
of VoiceXML 2.0, the W3C Speech Recognition Grammar
Format and the W3C Speech Synthesis Markup Language.
Previously at Sun, Andrew led the development
of the Java Speech API. During his 12 year involvement
in speech technology. Andrew has researched techniques
for advanced concatenative speech synthesis, speech
recognition and prosodic modeling.
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Jeff
Kunins
January
2001: Speak
& Listen
February
2001: Speak
& Listen
March 2001: Speak
& Listen
April 2001: Speak
& Listen
Jeff
is a respected industry leader in the fields of
voice application networks and VoiceXML technology.
He is a frequently invited speaker at leading
trade conferences, and is often quoted in press
articles focusing on
voice technology. Jeff regularly contributes articles
to publications including the VoiceXML Review
and WirelessDevNet.com, and is currently co-authoring
one of the first books on VoiceXML development.
Upon joining Tellme in early 2000, Jeff co-conceived,
built, and managed the debut of Tellme Studio.
Tellme Studio is the world's first and most popular
VoiceXML resource suite that now supports a community
of over 10,000 developers and 1,000 publicly deployed
appliations. Currently, Jeff's team helps define
and articulate Tellme's strategic direction for
meeting the needs of Enterprise customers, and
is responsible for all technical marketing, sales
tools, and enterprise pricing structure. Previously
during a four year tenure at Microsoft, Jeff led
a diverse set of platform and consumer efforts
including Microsoft Passport, Microsoft SILK advanced
Web server technology, and Microsoft Cinemania.
He is a co-inventor of patent pending technologies
for distributed Web authentication and key management,
and helped drive Microsoft's acquisitions of Hotmail
and Firefly Networks. Outside of work, Jeff is
a critically acclaimed composer and sound designer
for live theatre..
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Rob
Marchand
January
2001: First
Words
February
2001: First
Words
March 2001: First
Words
April 2001: First
Words
Rob
Marchand is Director of Products and Services
Development for VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. Rob
has been with VoiceGenie Technologies since 1999,
and has worked in advanced computing and telecommunications
since 1985. At VoiceGenie, Rob is responsible
for the VoiceGenie Developer Workshop (http://developer.voicegenie.com),
and new products and services development. Rob
is a member of the VoiceXML Education Committee,
and of USENIX and SAGE, and a regular contributor
to SANS. VoiceGenie is a Promoter Member of the
VoiceXML Forum.
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Mark
R. Walker
April
2001: The Speech
Synthesis Markup Language for the W3C VoiceXML
Standard
Mark R. Walker received his PhD from Arizona State
University in 1991. He joined the Intel Architecture
Labs in 1992. Since joining Intel, Mark has worked
on various projects including PC-based video conferencing,
wideband audio compression, and synthetic speech.
He is the author of numerous patents in the areas
of digital video compression, digital speech compression,
wideband audio compression and synthetic speech.
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