The Applied Voice Input Output Society
Mobile Voice Conference 2016 Presentations
Monday, April 11 | Track 1: Trends and applications
How language can make digital technology more accessible to all
Nea Hanscomb, Speech Recognition Game Apps for Children with Severe Autism and Speech Impairments
Specialized digital assistants: Experts in their domain
Phil Gray, The Rise of Intelligent Virtual Assistants
Roberto Sicconi, How to Improve 12% of Your Life
Call centers: Automation with natural language
Jim Archbold, Using Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language, and Speech Recognition to Engage Customers
Steve Prodger, The Impact of AI Advances on the Customer Experience
Pranav Patel, Customer Experience Management Multi-channel Solution
Specialized digital assistants: Intuitive engagement
Nick Landry, Building Windows 10 Universal Apps with Speech and Cortana
William Meisel, Creating Specialized Digital Assistants: The Process and Resources
Enterprise applications and the Language User Interface
Robert Harris, The Roadblocks to Enterprise Adoption of Speech Technology
Jeremy Foster, Document Everything. With Voice.
Creating efficiencies in the workplace with language technology
Jesse Montgomery, Bringing Together Wearable Devices and Speech Technology in the Retail Environment
Vinay Dwivedi, Intelligent Mobile Apps in the Enterprise
Tuesday, April 12 | Track 1: Trends and applications
Voice technology creating market opportunities
Amy Stapleton, Conversational Toys and Devices
Anil Yadav, Dynamics of E-commerce in the Era of Voice Intelligence
The ultimate mobile device: The automobile user interface
Thomas Schalk, Speech Interfaces in the Car
Lisa Falkson, Optimizing Multimodal Interfaces for Speech Systems in the Automobile
Case studies: Efficiency through voice interaction
John Swansey, The Future of Food: Voice Capture in Agriculture
Major trends in conversational applications
Nava Shaked, Multimodal conversational agents
Sonja Petrović Lundberg, The Lifecycle of a Natural Language Interface
Case studies: Conversational apps
Ilya Gelfenbeyn, User Interface: Conversation is the Final Frontier
Improving healthcare with digital assistants
Charles Jankowski & Ann Thyme-Gobbel, 22otters: A Targeted, Customizable, Intelligent Personal Assistant for Patient Care
Cathy Pearl, Conversations with a Virtual Nurse Makes Patients Healthier and Happier
Practical considerations in building voice assistants
Jeh Daruvala, Talking Computers as Sales Agents
San Vasisht, Voice Assistant Adoption & Attitudes
Monday, April 11 | Track 2: Getting it done
Building natural language and cognitive solutions
Kashif Kahn, Natural Language Understanding on Low-End Embedded Platforms
David Nahamoo, Watson Developer Cloud: A Platform for Cognitive Solutions
Speaker authentication: Security and personalization
Susan Hura, Balancing Security and User Expectations for Authentication
Locke Chastaine, Speaker Authentication: Biometrics and Security
Integrating voice and visual interaction
Balaji Narayana, Combining Voice and Visual Interfaces in Conversational Applications
Edgar Kalns, A Conversational, Multi-modal Virtual Personal Assistant
Making conversational solutions work
Emmett Coin, Predicting Conversational Moves via Contextual Semantic Trajectories
Jeff Adams, Adapting Speech Technology to Fit Your Application
Creative options in delivering natural interaction
William Meisel, The Art of Natural Language Interpretation
Fathy Yassa, SoundAlike, A Fast Shortcut to Voice Conversion
Approaches to speech and natural language processing
Kathy Brown, Solving the Duality of Natural Language Processing with MLNLP, Multi-layer Natural Language Processing
Brian Garr, Statistical vs Semantic Natural Language Interpretation: Pros and Cons
Tuesday, April 12 | Track 2: Getting it done
Automating a conversation: Approaches to a full dialog
K.W. (Bill) Scholz, Assessing Dialog Management Systems: Metrics for Evaluation
Deborah Dahl, LUI 2.0: Next steps in the Language User Interface
Options with virtual assistants
Paul Heirendt, Personal Virtual Assistants Are Not Enough?
Alex Quilici, The Evolution of Voicemail
Solving Digital Overload
James Larson, Digital Overload: What to Do About It
Things you need to know!
Jordan Cohen, The Effect of the Alice Supreme Court Ruling Re Computer-implemented Patents on Speech Patents
Paul Spierings, The Critical Role of Testing in the Customer Experience Innovation Lifecycle
Key supporting technology
Dan Bagely, What to Look for in Text-to-speech Technology
Andy Peart, Why We Don’t Talk Anymore: How Natural Language Delivers the Intimacy to Bring Customers Closer
Talking to things: Usability through language
Deborah Dahl, The Language User Interface to the Internet of Things: Tools, Standards and Resources
Roberto Pieraccini, Social Robots: Challenges and Solutions
Building natural language applications
Wolf Paulus, Natural Language for Developers – beyond declaring User Intents
Gurpreet Singh, Exploring, Developing, and Deploying Voice Applications on the Big Four, The Ultimate Test of Innovation Culture at the Enterprise Level