Kimberlee Kemble

March 2001: An Introduction to Speech Recognition

Kimberlee Kemble is Program Manager for IBM Voice Systems Middleware Education and Training. Kim has been with IBM since 1982, and has been working in the exciting field of speech recognition since 1984. Currently, she coordinates education and training programs for several IBM voice products and technologies, with special focus on VoiceXML and voice user interface design. She is also active in the VoiceXML Forum Education Committee.

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Greg Kohn

March 2001: An Insider's Guide to the VoiceXML Forum Users Group Meeting

Greg Kohn is the Program Manager for the VoiceXML Forum, where he manages the day-to-day activities of the Forum. He is also the Managing Editor of VoiceXML Review, in which capacity he oversees the monthly production cycle of the periodical.

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Jeff Kunins

January 2001: Speak & Listen
February 2001: Speak & Listen
March 2001: Speak & Listen

Jeff Kunins manages Tellme Studio, the premier open community and toolset for VoiceXML developers, and in addition helps define and articulate Tellme's strategic direction for meeting the needs of Enterprise customers. Previously during a four-year tenure at Microsoft, Jeff led a diverse set of platform and consumer efforts including Passport and Cinemania. He is a co-inventor of patent pending technologies for distributed Web authentication and key management, and also actively worked on Microsoft's acquisitions of Hotmail and Firefly Networks. Jeff is currently the co-chair of the Software Developers Forum Voice SIG, and writes WirelessDevNet.com's "Ask the Expert" column on voice technologies. Outside of technology, Jeff is an acclaimed composer and sound designer for live theater.

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Rob Marchand

January 2001: First Words
February 2001: First Words
March 2001: First Words

Rob Marchand is Director of Products and Services Development for VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. Rob has been with VoiceGenie Technologies since 1999, and has worked in advanced computing and telecommunications since 1985. At VoiceGenie, Rob is responsible for the VoiceGenie Developer Workshop (http://developer.voicegenie.com), and new products and services development. Rob is a member of the VoiceXML Education Committee, and of USENIX and SAGE, and a regular contributor to SANS. VoiceGenie is a Promoter Member of the VoiceXML Forum.

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Juergen Schroeter

March 2001: The Fundamentals of Text-to-Speech Synthesis

Juergen Schroeter is a Division Manager at AT&T Labs, where he is leading the team that created AT&T's Next-Generation Text-to-Speech system. Prior to joining AT&T in 1986, Dr. Schroeter spent nine years with the Institute for Communication Acoustics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. At AT&T Bell Laboratories, he has been working on speech coding and synthesis methods employing models of the vocal tract and vocal cords. Dr. Schroeter is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of ASA.

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