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Call for Participation

Joint AVIxD / IxDA Workshop: Speech Interaction on Mobile Devices

Date and Location

Sunday, 7 August 2011 | 1 – 7 PM | New York, New York, USA

Goals

This workshop is specifically designed to bring interaction design practitioners together from all specialties including voice, interactive, digital, and related areas.

As in past workshops, we will be publishing the output of the discussions on www.avixd.org and this year, also on www.ixda.org.

Format

This workshop will lead with a small number of keynote presentations on speech and mobile application design. Discussion groups will follow to delve into topics of relevance. The topics will be drawn from the submissions of the attendees. The 30 person participant group will be curated so that there is a mix of experience levels and practice areas, as well as engaged learners.

Who should attend?

The workshop welcomes any practitioners interested in speech interaction design on mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. Direct experience is not required for attendance.

Cost

Free!

How to participate

Participants will be expected to actively contribute to the workshop. To be considered, individuals must complete a short submission form detailing what they hope to learn and what they can contribute to the workshop.

Please submit your request for participation no later than Friday, July 8th, 2011. Confirmation of your acceptance, including details of the venue, will be sent via email within 10 working days of your submission.

The submission form can be completed here.

(https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGFZTDY5YnZaT09UZzlBVHVfa0VZVmc6MA)

We look forward to seeing you in New York!

David Attwater. AVIxD Co-Chair.
Peter March. IxDA Co-Chair.

For questions contact: cfp@avixd.org

We are pleased to post 2 new papers from the AVIxD workshop on “Speech in a Multi-Channel World”.  The workshop was held in August 2010 in New York.

To read the papers and see the overview of the workshop visit the “Publications” page of this website.

SpeechTEK Europe is delighted to announce a special 20% discount for AVIxD members to attend the conference in London this spring. Taking place on 25 & 26 May, SpeechTEK Europe brings together speech developers, providers and users in a single forum to explore and debate the latest in speech tech and its imbact on today’s business. Under the spotlight: VUI design; multichannel, multimodal and multilingual applications; biometrics; analytics; speech app tools and languages; and more. Through our special Industry Partnership, AVIxD members benefit from 20% discount on the full conference fee, plus unlimited access to the global Expo.

Login to the AVIxD site to find out more …

[private] To claim the discount, enter AVIXD20 in the priority code field at the registration page: www.speechtek.com/europe2011 [/private]

AVIxD is pleased to introduce “Working Groups”. Working groups are designed to allow AVIxD members to pursue and discuss topics of professional interest. For example, a working group might be focused on multi-lingual applications, multimodal voice interactions, or fostering collaboration between the research community and industry.

AVIxD Working Group are designed to be member-led initiatives. A new AVIxD Working Group can be proposed by any AVIxD member; if accepted, that member becomes the chair of the group. AVIxD will publicize new groups to our membership. People who aren’t AVIxD members can still participate in an AVIxD working group.

To find out more about proposing an AVIxD working group, see the working group procedures, outlined here.

Recently, former Board Member Bill Byrne resigned from the AVIxD Board of Directors. We thank Bill for his service to AVIxD and our community.

According to our bylaws, the Board of Directors may appoint a new Board Member to fill a vacated spot. We chose to do so, and we’re pleased to announce that our colleague Jonathan Bloom accepted our invitation to join us on the Board. Jon brings a wealth of voice and design experience and we all look forward to working with him. Join us in welcoming Jon!