I coined a new term today: "Speech 2.0."
The speech technology industry doesn't have much in the way of interoperability between applications — in fact, I can't think of a single instance of a voice interface "mash-up" similar to the ones that Google Maps makes possible. Even the simplest data, such as a list of telephone numbers, can't be shared between applications from different vendors. If speech technology wants to catch up to the rest of the world, we're going to have to start modularizing our applications and polishing our interfaces — in short, we'll have to carry out some sensible disaggregations.
I've just proposed a panel on this topic at the 2007 SpeechTek West. If it's accepted, I'll post further information as it becomes available. In the meantime, I will continue to work towards Speech 2.0 through my participation in Rocketsource, a new open-source consortium for speech technology applications.
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