From:    donald nicklas <don2nicklas@yahoo.com>
Subject: [Boston-voice-users] January 10 Meeting Announcement - correction
Date:    Wednesday, January 04, 2006 13:48:48

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A quick reminder- our regular meeting is next week:

When: Tuesday, January 10, 2005
Where: MIT, Room 2-135
       (directions below)
Topic: Linux-Capable Speech Recognition, Current Efforts

Susan Cragin, Director of the Open-Source Speech
Recognition Initiative (OSSRI), will give a talk about
current efforts to develop Linux-capable speech
recognition, including existing experiments at the
university level, making Dragon NaturallySpeaking run
on Linux through "helper" programs, and developing a
new program from the ground up.

Ms. Cragin used Dragon NaturallySpeaking to take notes
and brainstorm for her book -No M'Orr Nukes.- She
became convinced that speech recognition was an
effective research and learning aid, so she helped
found OSSRI to ensure that such software would be
developed using an open-source model. Cragin is not a
programmer, and her talk will be general in nature. Ms
Cragin recommends the web sites shown at the end of
this message.

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).

Please feel free to cross-post this message.

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Because of a computer error, my announcement went out
with the wrong date.  The meeting is on Tuesday,
January 10.

(The computer was running a program only
coincidentally written by me!)  :-(

Also, Building 6 is still under construction. So, the
directions should be amended as follows:

The northwest end of building 6 and portions of the
courtyard between Building 6 and Building 18 are
closed to pedestrian traffic because of construction.
This situation is expected to continue for about a
year.

 Here are amended directions to take you through
building 4 instead of building 6.

Go three quarters of the way down the infinite
corridor.  Turn right at Building 4 and follow the
main corridor of building 4 all the way to the end.
Turn left, follow this corridor to the intersection of
buildings 6, 2 and the corridor to the library.  Turn
right and follow the corridor to room 2-135. You can
also get in from the building 14 library and Building
8.


Sincerely,

Don Nicklas
Don2Nicklas@yahoo.com
Boston Voice Users Group
http://www.bostonvoiceusers.com/

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