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Managing development with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System & Team Foundation
2 days to Microsoft Speech Server launch event at SpeechTek
It's been a long time since I posted. My excuse is that we've been in crunch mode working hard to...
Author: johnlawr Date: 03/22/2004
Microsoft Sets March Launch for Speech Server
More coverage of the SpeechTek/VSLive launch event at eWeek.
Author: johnlawr Date: 02/20/2004
Open developer position on my Speech SDK Tools team
I've got an open position I'm trying to fill for a reasonably experienced developer - so what better...
Author: johnlawr Date: 02/19/2004
Listen to a Bill Gates soundbite about speech
Oliver Drobnik asked Bill about speech in Longhorn, and received a response covering what we're...
Author: johnlawr Date: 02/06/2004
Michael Creasy has a blog
Until recently Michael was one of the most prolific testers that the Speech group ever had (and...
Author: johnlawr Date: 02/03/2004
Bill Gates to give VSLive/SpeechTek keynote on Microsoft Speech Server and Speech Application SDK
Someone on the marketing team just drew my attention to this page....
Author: johnlawr Date: 01/15/2004
Speech SDK Starter Kits available for Beta 4
The speech enabled versions of the ASP.NET Starter kits have just been updated for Beta 4 of the...
Author: johnlawr Date: 12/17/2003
Welcome to my new home
My old blog at https://blogs.gotdotnet.com/johnlawr isn't going to be updated any more, so for...
Author: johnlawr Date: 12/17/2003
Microsoft Speech Server has reached "dogfood" status
A key milestone for any Microsoft project is when it reaches “dogfood” status - which...
Author: johnlawr Date: 12/17/2003
New blog location
You might have heard that GotDotNet.com blogs are soon to be no more, so many of us are migrating to...
Author: johnlawr Date: 12/17/2003
Speech SDK Starter Kits available for Beta 4
The speech enabled versions of the ASP.NET Starter kits have just been updated for Beta 4 of the...
Author: johnlawr Date: 12/17/2003
Speech Application SDK Beta 4 available for download
I should really have checked this before my last blog, but I went to the www.microsoft.com/speech...
Author: johnlawr Date: 12/03/2003
Speech Application SDK Beta 4.0 Announced
We just announced that Beta 4 of the Speech Application SDK and beta 2 of the Microsoft Speech...
Author: johnlawr Date: 12/03/2003
PDC Speech Session now online
Jon Nicponski's session "ASP.NET: Speech-Enabling ASP.NET Applications with the New Microsoft Speech...
Author: johnlawr Date: 11/25/2003
Jason Nadal is working on a Speech2Blog application
Jason Nadal is working on a Speech2Blog application using the Longhorn speech API to take dictation...
Author: johnlawr Date: 11/21/2003
Intervoice has live SALT sample application hosted on Microsoft Speech Server
One of the cool things I've just found on the Intervoice developer portal site is a sample...
Author: johnlawr Date: 11/19/2003
Intervoice developer portal now live
A while ago I mentioned that Intervoice were launching a portal for developers working on...
Author: johnlawr Date: 11/19/2003
Microsoft PocketPC Voice Command
Microsoft Voice Command for Pocket PC is now available for download at Handango. It supports speech...
Author: johnlawr Date: 11/03/2003
Speech SDK Chat
Put the date in your calendar - I'm taking part in an online chat on MSDN on Building Telephony and...
Author: johnlawr Date: 10/28/2003
Good overview of Beta 3
I just came across this article by Jon Arking which does a pretty good job of describing what's in...
Author: johnlawr Date: 10/21/2003
You snooze, you lose!
A very amusing message went on our newsgroup today. One of our Test Leads, Tom Faber, had been...
Author: johnlawr Date: 10/17/2003
Position filled!
Finally I've managed to fill the open position on my team - I'm extremely happy :-) It seems like it...
Author: johnlawr Date: 10/15/2003
More press
Kai-Fu talking about the Microsoft Speech Server and the future of speech on cnet's news site.
Author: johnlawr Date: 10/13/2003
In the news
I just went to the main internal Microsoft homepage and, lo and behold, our news from SpeechTEK was...
Author: johnlawr Date: 10/03/2003
Intervoice plug-ins for the SDK
During one of the sessions I was in this week, Intervoice mentioned that they were going to launch...
Author: johnlawr Date: 10/03/2003
Second day at SpeechTEK
I've just returned from giving my second presentation on the Speech Application SDK. The first...
Author: johnlawr Date: 10/01/2003
First day report
The first day on the booth went pretty well. We've got a huge stand at SpeechTEK - which is...
Author: johnlawr Date: 10/01/2003
Disaster averted
The last couple of hours have been a bit stressful as I wrestled with problems with speech...
Author: johnlawr Date: 09/30/2003
Making progress
I've managed to make some progress on my demo. Web Services are very cool - and they're so easy to...
Author: johnlawr Date: 09/30/2003
Counting down...
Well, I'm here in the Marriott and registered as a speaker at SpeechTEK (after an inevitable mix-up)...
Author: johnlawr Date: 09/30/2003
Pre-SpeechTek Frenzy
As if finding out on Tuesday I was speaking at a session at SpeechTek wasn't short notice itself,...
Author: johnlawr Date: 09/27/2003
Help or hindrance?
I read an interesting article on the front page of USA today this morning discussing the pain...
Author: johnlawr Date: 09/26/2003
Great "how-to" article on developing speech apps
I just rediscovered this great article by the awesome guys at Vertigo Software on designing and...
Author: johnlawr Date: 09/25/2003
Going to SpeechTek
I just found out this morning that I've been lined up to speak at a session at SpeechTek in New York...
Author: johnlawr Date: 09/23/2003
Having a blast
I've just got back from spending the afternoon and evening working the phones at Microsoft Technical...
Author: johnlawr Date: 08/22/2003
Perks of the job
One of the great things about working here at Microsoft is that I have the opportunity to get...
Author: johnlawr Date: 08/21/2003
Disappointing news
I just found out that Vocalis, another speech recognition in Cambridge is in trouble (see Talks...
Author: johnlawr Date: 08/15/2003
What it is to be popular
Someone on the team today discovered that Beta 3 of the Speech Application SDK has risen from being...
Author: johnlawr Date: 08/13/2003
About me
I think it's appropriate to start this blog off with a bit of backround about me: what I do, how I...
Author: johnlawr Date: 08/13/2003
Go ahead... mingle!
When I started investigating the idea of launching my own blog here I was hoping I'd have plenty of...
Author: johnlawr Date: 08/12/2003