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SIRI Eyes Free can’t help you find a Chinese restaurant, unless you pull over!

Exclusive Hands-On With Apple’s In-Car ‘Eyes Free’ SystemBy Doug Newcomb11.27.126:09 PMfrom WIRED.com's blog about the future of transportation.   http://blog.wired.com/cars http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/11/hands-on-with-apples-siri-eyes-free-in-the-chevy-spark/   Just don’t expect Siri to be at your beck and call while behind the wheel, since it won’t answer questions that require displaying a webpage. “We’re limiting that because driver distraction was our number-one concern,” LeBlanche said. “When we worked with Apple we ... read more

Maria Aretoulaki
Posted 30th November 2012 at 2:04 PM

Small-vocabulary speech recognition using a silent speech interface based on magnetic sensing

Our Roger K Moore 's paper demonstrates how well magnetic sensors can capture phonetic detail without any direct access to voicing information!http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167639312000167Small-vocabulary speech recognition using a silent speech interface based on magnetic sensing ☆Speech CommunicationVolume 55, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 22–32 Robin Hofea, , ,Stephen R. Ellb,Michael J. Faganc,James M. Gilbertc,Phil D. Greena,Roger K. Moorea,Sergey I. Rybchenkoca Department of Computer Science, The University of Sheffield, 211 Portobello, ... read more

Maria Aretoulaki
Posted 30th November 2012 at 1:56 PM

York Festival of Ideas - date for the diary

On Monday 24th June 2013 I will be presenting a vocal event for the Festival of Ideas in the York Centre for Early Music called "From south to north; a vocal ∏" (that last symbol is a Greek pi but the font does not look to good on my screen!). This will be a journey from south to north (this is the clue to the pi) in which vocal production ... read more

David Howard
Posted 23rd November 2012 at 12:11 PM

Can't sing, won't sing

This is the title of our roadshow exhibit. It's all about singing but everythink is electronic - you don't have to sing yourself - of course you can if you want to! Come and have a go at controlling the virtual singer alone, then with three others singing chords and finally joining in with a song in Karaoke style! The voice is a fantastic instrument - come and find out ... read more

David Howard
Posted 23rd November 2012 at 12:05 PM

Today Look North - tomorrow the world

BBC World Service are coming up on the 3 December to cover the road-show.... read more

Alistair Edwards
Posted 22nd November 2012 at 11:32 AM