The 2016 Speech Industry Luminaries

This year’s four Speech Luminaries have brought a diverse set of solutions to the fore. They include military-grade voice authentication solutions, a natural language development platform for Facebook, customized voices for assistive technologies, and embedded speech trigger technology for consumer electronics. These technologies will increase not only the industry’s visibility but its value to users as well. Here, we recognize the visionaries behind these innovative products with our Speech Luminary Awards. 

The 2016 Speech Luminaries, presented in alphabetical order:

Kate Dilligan, executive vice president, KnuVerse

Lars-Erik Larsson, CEO of Acapela Group

Alex Lebrun, Facebook M’s teacher

Todd Mozer, CEO, Sensory