Joe Calev's WebLog
Posts and information about Microsoft Office Communications Server and sometimes off topic posts.
Using peml:rule
Unlike some other posts, this one applies to the current version of Speech Server and the Beta. One...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/19/2006
Determining whether a QuestionAnswerActivity was barged in
From now on, I will follow a different approach with my Speech Server related posts. Rather than...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/18/2006
Two seconds in a life
I am going to digress from the MSS Beta for a day so I can add a long awaited post. One of the many...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/17/2006
Recognizing answering machines
Recently, I was posed with the question of how to do answering machine detection using Microsoft...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/16/2006
Beta is out!
OK, so most of you probably know this already but the Microsoft Speech Server Beta was released on...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/12/2006
Normalizing prompts, part II
Due to a larger than normal amount of input about normalizing prompts, I have decided to talk about...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/12/2006
Normalizing prompts
Some time ago one of the program managers and I sat down with a customer exasperated that we do not...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/05/2006
Two weeks of silence
I must apologize to everyone for the long period of silence. One of the difficulties with shipping a...
Author: jscalev Date: 05/05/2006
Introducing the Synthesizer
In general in telephony apps, you will interact in two ways with the caller. 1) You will speak to...
Author: jscalev Date: 04/11/2006
Making outbound calls
Today we are going to discuss making outbound calls using Microsoft Speech Server 2007. There are...
Author: jscalev Date: 04/10/2006
Introducing the managed debugger
One of the most exciting features in Speech Server 2007 is the SDK. The SDK is dramatically improved...
Author: jscalev Date: 04/07/2006
Introducing the Core API
The Core API is what made me so excited about the launch of Speech Server several months ago....
Author: jscalev Date: 04/06/2006
VXML and SALT
Finally, after a long period of silence I have something to talk about. Microsoft Speech Server 2007...
Author: jscalev Date: 04/05/2006
Would you like to work in the Microsoft speech team?
Do you want to help make the world Speech-enabled? Microsoft Speech Server is doing just that by...
Author: jscalev Date: 01/26/2006
Travelling with small children - part VI - the flight part II
Another question that one may have about travelling with small children on a plane is whether to use...
Author: jscalev Date: 09/13/2005
Travelling with small children - Part V - the flight
As you may imagine, travelling with one or more small children on an international flight takes some...
Author: jscalev Date: 09/12/2005
Travelling with small children - part IV strollers
So now you've figured out where you want to go. It's time to look at a stroller for your little...
Author: jscalev Date: 09/11/2005
Off to the jungle!
Starting tomorrow I will be OOF for two weeks visiting the remote jungles of Peru. You can read my...
Author: jscalev Date: 09/07/2005
Home Automation and HAL
As some of you may know (but I did not until recently), there is a software package out there that...
Author: jscalev Date: 07/26/2005
Home Automation - the first start
In my previous post I outlined a 'morning of the future'. Obviously that is the end goal and will...
Author: jscalev Date: 07/25/2005
Home Automation with speech - a morning of the future
In one of my previous posts I mentioned that I will be implementing Speech Server at home in order...
Author: jscalev Date: 07/24/2005
A sobering thought
It's funny how having kids can change your perspective on things. While perusing cnn.com I came...
Author: jscalev Date: 07/23/2005
Home automation with speech - my vision
In my last post I mentioned that I will be using Speech Server in my own home to help automate it....
Author: jscalev Date: 07/22/2005
About Microsoft Speech Server
For a long time now my blog has been quiet. The primary reason for this is the following 1) I joined...
Author: jscalev Date: 07/21/2005
Calculating balloon coverage
Recently one of our coworkers travelled back to India for a month to get married. Obviously a vacant...
Author: jscalev Date: 03/09/2005
Using peml with prompts
When I first joined the Speech Server group I was a bit daunted by all of the different markup...
Author: jscalev Date: 03/03/2005
Pet peeves about directory and file referencing
Since starting at Microsoft I have had to review a lot of code - both in code reviews and when...
Author: jscalev Date: 02/03/2005
More notes on DTMF
Shortly after my DTMF post, I was asked about the A-D keys. As I mentioned, the DTMF standard...
Author: jscalev Date: 02/02/2005
A slightly different way to solve systems of equations
I'm sure all of us remember solving systems of equations in high school. Back then I had the dreams...
Author: jscalev Date: 01/31/2005
A trip to the rainforest
This post will be a bit of a departure from the regular technical track. About a month ago for my...
Author: jscalev Date: 01/27/2005
Recording prompts so they sound natural Part II
Yesterday I discussed how to create extractions from transcriptions in order to reduce the amount of...
Author: jscalev Date: 01/26/2005
Recording prompts so they sound natural
One of the features of the Microsoft Speech SDK is the Recording Editing and Design Studio. This...
Author: jscalev Date: 01/25/2005
What exactly are those sounds for the keys on a phone?
OK, so it's been awhile since I last posted. Since I last posted we have welcomed my son Nathan into...
Author: jscalev Date: 01/24/2005
Introduction
This is my first run at blogging in general so please be patient as I get on track. I work on the...
Author: jscalev Date: 09/10/2004