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  1. #W3C just published the #EmotionML spec w3.org/News/2012#entr… as CR - ready for trial implementations!
  2. The #W3C just published the first draft of EMMA 1.1 w3.org/News/2012#entr…. Features -- inline grammars, support for human annotation, more!
  3. My son and I got ejected from our polling place today for talking to a Korean War vet about medical issues that the government is ignoring.
  4. The W3C published the Ink Markup Language standard today w3.org/News/2011#entr…!
  5. What if there was a voice application that let you call in, search for customer service numbers, and get connected to the company?
  6. callflowgreetings.xml - docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4V1y…
  7. Kenya class: voiceXMLExamples2.xml - docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4V1y…
  8. For Kenyan voice students docs.google.com/document/d/1lb…
  9. I just talked about the AVIOS student speech progamming contest at SpeechTEK Europe. Hope to get some students interested.
  10. InkML, for representing digital ink, has been published as a W3C Proposed Recommendation, http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9086.
  11. How can speech become truly mainstream? Through easy to use tools for developers to experiment with, or profitable business applications?
  12. The Last Call Working Draft of W3C Emotion Markup Language is published! http://www.w3.org/News/2011#entry-9059 Comments welcome!
  13. Found a great West African restaurant in West Philadelphia--Aku's Kitchen - introduced family to Ghanaian dishes -- banku, fufu, okra stew!
  14. Finished teaching voice applications for development Mobile Web Ghana. Great students with very creative ideas for voice applications!
  15. I'm headed for Accra, Ghana tonight to teach a class on voice applications for Mobile Web Ghana.
  16. For people interested in multimodality, a new draft of the W3C Multimodal Architecture spec (http://www.w3.org/News/2011) is available.
  17. At columbia university teachers college commencement! Congratulations Sarah!