This has been a good discussion, and it demonstrates that everyone is a lot closer together than many thought. At the end of the day, I think most of the...
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Bruce Papazian
brucepapazian
Mar 3, 2008 9:01 pm
Hi All, I'm looking for any information I can find on the usability or user requirements for speech controlled media players. Thanks for any references or tips...
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Leonides
lkoutsavlis
Mar 4, 2008 2:47 pm
Anyone out there know of a free VXML interpreter that is not a hosted solution? I am looking for a interpreter that I can download and host locally for...
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M McTear
MF.McTear@...
Mar 4, 2008 10:28 pm
I think Voxeo Prophecy might be suitable. See: http://www.voxeo.com/prophecy/ ... From: "Leonides"; <lkoutsavlis@...> To: vuids@yahoogroups.com Date: Tue,...
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machoufleur
Mar 5, 2008 12:38 pm
Anyone have experience of using an audio icon as a greeting? Was it perceived positively or negatively? Thanks...
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Sarah Wayland
aktbar
Mar 5, 2008 12:51 pm
We've used a very brief (250 ms) musical audio tone at the beginning of calls, though it is immediately followed by a greeting (e.g., <music> "Welcome to...
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Peter Nann
pnann
Mar 5, 2008 11:14 pm
... Again ... http://www.speechtechmag.com/Articles/News/News-Feature/Bill-Opens-the-G ates-for-Speech-41041.aspx I think he has said this about 3 or 4 times...
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Peter Nann
pnann
Mar 5, 2008 11:23 pm
Sorry for the broken link. Try this: http://www.speechtechmag.com/Articles/News/News-Feature/Bill-Opens-the-G ates-for-Speech-41041.aspx...
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Gretchen Mantalica
gretchen.man...
Mar 7, 2008 12:02 pm
I worked on an enterprise wide IVR effort to standardize the customer experiences for one of the larger banks. We did add a standard greeting earcon to all...
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Gretchen Mantalica
gretchen.man...
Mar 7, 2008 12:12 pm
I just thought of another time I used a greeting earcon. I used an off the shelf clip tittled "fairy dust" for an IVR app I wrote for a technical help desk....
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Zeno_Wolze
Mar 7, 2008 4:46 pm
Hello, we quite often used audio-icons, mainly in the beginning (welcome-prompt) but also in subdialogs. I don't have any solid empirical data, too. But in...
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oh_nortel
Mar 10, 2008 8:32 am
Hi there, imho, using earcons can be key in more complex applications; especially for those using a speak-freely type of grammar ("Pls tell me what your...
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Todd Chapin
toddwchapin
Mar 11, 2008 4:03 am
Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone uses Open Office for their VUI deliverables. I've used it for some smallish person documents, but never for anything large...
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Aaron Harmon
aaron13251
Mar 12, 2008 2:55 am
Hello Todd, I have never written a large VUI spec in Open Office, but have used Open Office to write game design docs. Customers who use word will have...
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gretchen.mantalica
gretchen.man...
Mar 13, 2008 9:26 pm
I am starting a project adding speech recogntion to a Transit Bus Schedule application. Concerns have been raised by the project team regarding recognition...
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Bruce Papazian
brucepapazian
Mar 14, 2008 2:27 am
Hi Gretchen, I have lots of hands on experience. I think Nuance probably has the best models for noisy environments around. I suggest you ask them for a demo....
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wally2loud
Mar 18, 2008 12:15 pm
About a year ago, Voice Partners joined up with The Voxgen Group to build the largest dedicated speech and multi-modal design and delivery team in EMEA. Our...
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Silke Witt-Ehsani
silkewittehsani
Mar 18, 2008 3:42 pm
Hello, we're looking for a senior VUI to expand our team here at TuVox. The position would be either contractor or full-time. This is a pretty exciting time...
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simmeee
Mar 19, 2008 2:05 am
Please check out www.fonolo.com and let me know what you think of it. They just launched in private beta last week at eComm and it sounds really interesting....
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Peter Nann
pnann
Mar 19, 2008 3:33 am
Kooky. Seems to be targetting DTMF menus for the time being... I wonder how they are intending to make money... Subscription charge? 'Reverse charges' fees or...
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Peter Nann
pnann
Mar 19, 2008 7:42 am
This is all wild speculation... But... ... maybe while you are waiting on-hold for an agent at Bank X, Fonolo could be sneaky and 'steal' the hold time to...
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Simonie Wilson
simmeee
Mar 19, 2008 11:55 am
timely... http://www.speechtechmag.com/Articles/News/News-Feature/Say-'Goodbye'-to-IVR-Menus-41261.aspx--- On Wed 03/19, Peter Nann <...
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Carl Turner
cturner3rd
Mar 19, 2008 1:11 pm
Interesting. Some call centers deliberately keep the options for high skill areas off the main or even 2nd level menus because they don't want those people to...
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Ahmed Bouzid
bouzidat
Mar 20, 2008 9:28 pm
I doubt this will fly simply because I don't see people investing the effort to learn how to use it. That and it looks like you need to log into the web to...
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Sarah Wayland
aktbar
Mar 24, 2008 2:57 pm
Does anyone on this list have experience and/or knowledge about commercial speech-to-text (transcription) technology? A friend wants a recommendation, and I...
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tchapin@...
toddwchapin
Mar 24, 2008 4:30 pm
Hi Sarah, I think that any recommendations might depend on the usage. I think that for desktop usage, nothing beats Dragon. There are several services like...
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shannon.gakenheimer
shannon.gake...
Mar 24, 2008 5:48 pm
Hello All I am new to the group and was directed to this site by one of your memebers. I am a recruiter in North Carolina and have a great opportunity...
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Ahmed Bouzid
bouzidat
Mar 24, 2008 5:54 pm
If the context is telephony IVR, SimulScribe is one service that we at Angel.com use. We just announced a partnership with them -- see: ...
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slaureysversay
Mar 24, 2008 8:44 pm
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a_glass_and_a_half
a_glass_and_...
Mar 24, 2008 11:42 pm
I think Mac OS and Windows XP/Vista come with some form of built-in dictation as well. As for their accuracy, I've not had any experience in using them. ... ...
