For the fourth straight year, Voxeo's executives have been selected to speak at SpeechTEK, the speech industry's leading conference. CEO, Jonathan Taylor, and CTO, RJ Auburn, will speak on a variety of topics, including CCXML, Hosted v. Premise IVR, Hybrid Deployment, Hosted IVR for SME, and others.

SpeechTEK 2005 will be held at the Marriott Marquis in New York, NY August 1-4. Jonathan and RJ will be speaking at the following sessions:

Monday, August 1st

Vertical Market Workshops - Healthcare Vertical - Speech Applications Used by Patients

10:00 am - 11:45 am
Segment Co-presented by Jonathan Taylor, President & CEO of Voxeo, and Stan Nowak, President & CEO of Silverlink Communications

Learn how speech technologies are being used to collect personal information directly from patients. These time-saving speech applications are successfully reducing time required to collect patient data and have dramatically improved the accuracy of data collection. Learn from speech application developers and listen to demonstrations of actual patients using conversational speech applications.

SpeechTEK University - Creating and Deploying the Next Generation of Speech Apps - Telephony Meets the Web

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm & 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Segments presented by RJ Auburn, Voxeo Chief Technology Officer

With the rapid migration of the traditional telephony network to one that is based on IP and Web technology, the next generation of speech applications will be created for and deployed on platforms that converge the traditional and IP-based telecommunications infrastructures. This tutorial will provide the attendee with an introduction to the technologies involved in this paradigm shift, as well as the techniques to migrate existing applications to the new model. Topics covered will include the traditional phone network, IP-based phone systems, Web services as they relate to speech applications, the role of markup languages in application development and migration strategies based on real-world examples.

VOX: Sourcing Speech Services - Hosting Services for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Panel discussion including RJ Auburn, Voxeo Chief Technology Officer

SME's comprise a unique opportunity for hosted services providers. They make up a very large business segment, but it is one characterized by extreme cost-consciousness and hunger for pragmatic results. RJ and the other members of this panel will describe what it takes to participate in a revenue stream that could double the potential size of the hosted services market.

Tuesday, August 2nd

Hosted vs. CPE - Which is the Best Option for You?

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Panel discussion including Jonathan Taylor, President & CEO of Voxeo

Each side of the hosting versus premise (CPE) debate has merits and pitfalls - few of which show clear cut choices for a customer. Hear directly from the companies that sell hosted IVR solutions, companies that sell customer premise equipment (CPE), and at least one company (Voxeo) that sells both.

Wednesday, August 2nd

SpeechTEK University - In-Depth Tutorials: Speech Applications, Languages and Techniques

10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Segments presented by RJ Auburn, Voxeo Chief Technology Officer

Get up to speed fast with this introductory tutorial on speech application development languages. After attending this tutorial, you will be able to write simple VoiceXML applications. There will be short paper and pencil exercises during this tutorial. Great for developers new to VoiceXML and CCXML and for managers needing to know enough about these languages to supervise developers.

Latest Languages for Developing Speech Applications

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Segments presented by RJ Auburn, Voxeo Chief Technology Officer

A "how to" session for developers. Learn about the latest languages for developing speech applications, when and where to use them. This session will review VoiceXML 2.1, State Machine XML (SMXML), CCXML and the Media Resource Control Protocol (MRCP).