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The Voice Search Conference, held in San Diego in March, was a significant success, measured by presentation quality and the number of attendees in these troubling economic times. Voice search, as a topic, involves voice queries of varying complexity for Web or corporate database access, but also addresses audio indexing to find content in audio media. The main themes of the conference were how mobile devices can leverage voice search and how call center agents can benefit by using voice search.
The Applied Voice Input/Output Society (AVIOS) used the show to announce the winners of its annual Student Voice Application Contest. Antonio Rico-Sulayes of Georgetown University was judged the overall winner for his robust and easy-to-use clinic appointment manager. With this application, clinics can schedule, confirm, and cancel appointments, review personal data, and get general infor- mation. Other student applications included an interactive voice response system that allows the disabled to vote, a voice browser with spoken URL links, and a service for leaving voice messages that are emailed to the target destination. Prizes included a cash award that covered conference...