From:    donald nicklas <don2nicklas@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Boston-voice-users] December Meeting Announcement
Date:    Sun, 4 Dec 2005 20:35:05 +0000

A quick reminder- our regular meeting is in one week:

When: Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Where: MIT, Room 2-135
       (directions below)
Topic: Windows Vista Speech Recognition Demo

Rob Chambers will demonstrate the speech recognition
interface that is part of Windows Vista at the Boston
Voice Users Group monthly meeting.

As the Architect of Microsoft's Natural User Interface
team in the Windows Client Division, Rob Chambers is
responsible for delivering the next generation speech
user experience in Windows Vista. Rob has worked in
the field of speech recognition since 1999, when he
first led the development of the Speech API version
5.0 (SAPI 5). After shipping SAPI 5, Rob left the
Speech group and joined the Tablet PC team where he
convinced Tablet PC management to speech enable Tablet
PC's first release with Rob as the Development Lead.

After shipping Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, Rob
rejoined the Speech group in 2003 as a Technical Lead
responsible for the architecture of the next
generation managed Speech API. Soon after returning to
the Speech group, Rob convinced Kai-Fu Lee, then VP of
the Natural Interactive Services Division, to allocate
appropriate resources to build a team focused on the
Speech Recognition end use experience to enable Rob to
finally build his  vision of speech on the desktop.

Rob joined Microsoft in 1995 after graduating Suma Cum
Laude with a Bachelor's Degree of Computer Science
from Northern Kentucky University.

Boston Voice Users meets at MIT from 7:30 p.m. until
approximately 9:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each
month.

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Don Nicklas
Boston Voice Users
www.bostonvoiceusers.com
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Directions to room: Go in the main door of MIT, at 77
Mass. Ave. Go straight down the Infinite Corridor for
as long as you can. When forced to turn, go right.
You'll pass one intersection decorated with murals of
jungle animals, with a hallway to library on your
left, and stairs on your right. 2-135 is further along
on the Left.

For wheelchair access, there is a ramp and door to the
left of the stairs at 77 Mass. Ave. (behind the bus
stop)  This entrance gives you basement level access
to the elevator in Lobby 7 (the lobby at 77 Mass.
Ave).

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