Telephone Speech Recognition May Grow Faster Than the Internet; New Summit Conference Draws Technology Leaders
TARZANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 1998--William Meisel's first "The Telephony Voice User Interface Summit Conference," to be held on Jan. 28-29, 1999 at the DoubleTree Paradise Valley Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., will point out the similarities between telephone speech recognition and the development of the Internet, as well as many other aspects of the current speech recognition market and its associated technology.
While the Internet took considerable getting used to by the public at large, the ability to speak to a computer over the telephone is so natural that its use in the market is expected by many experts to grow even faster than the Internet. A company that installs a speech recognition system immediately has an automated way for hundreds of millions of telephone users to communicate with the company.
The conference, which sponsors plan to hold annually, will bring together the world's leading managers, developers, experts and investors in speech recognition and computer telephony, to explore the impact of speech recognition on telephony and its markets. The conference is presented by TMA Associates and The Wichita Group. Principal sponsors include Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Unisys, Nuance Communications and Voice Control Systems. Speech Recognition Update is the publication sponsor.
According to Meisel, president of TMA Associates and organizer of the Summit Conference: "When a company installs a speech-recognition application, every telephone is instantly upgraded to have a voice user interface. Callers can do new things with their phones. Various applications allow callers to get stock quotes, have e-mail read to them, make travel reservations, request movie times and much, much more.
"Experts in the field no longer are questioning whether speech recognition is ready for prime time. They agree that the technology has been developed to the point where 1999 will be the year when speech recognition will impact our lives in a major way. The first exposure that most people will have to it is through the telephone."
In addition to core technology sessions on various aspects of telephony speech recognition, the conference will also feature special sessions looking at the market status and opportunities, industry trends and the business case for speech recognition. Other highlights of the conference will include a Pacesetters Panel of industry leaders, an Investment Forum for presentations by public companies and companies seeking investment capital, and a Networking Brunch.
Further information about the conference can be found at tmaa.com or by calling 910/452-0047 or 818/708-0962.
Direct all editorial inquiries to David Kaye at KPR Inc. Phone: 818/368-8212 or e-mail: dave@kprinc.com.
CONTACT:
TMA Associates
Bill Meisel, 818/708-0962
or
KPR Inc.
David Kaye, 818/368-8212
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