Biographical Information
William Meisel, Ph.D., is president of TMA Associates (www.tmaa.com) and publisher and editor of Speech Strategy News. He is a consultant on market and product opportunities created by the maturing of speech technology and is
co-organizer of the Mobile Voice Conference with the nonprofit AVIOS, where he serves as executive director.
Articles by William Meisel
Answer Technology: A Necessary Step in Human-Computer Conversation
22 Feb 2023
Digital assistants need to get better at answering user questions to keep the conversation going.
Conversing with Computers: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
27 Jun 2022
The AVIOS conference showed how the human-computer connection is rapidly evolving.
We Need Answers: Conversational Systems and Answer Technology
12 Mar 2021
Digital assistants are getting better all the time, and answer technology needs to keep pace
Connect to Customers with the Help of Google, Amazon, and Apple
09 Jan 2020
Building digital assistants to help customers is becoming an industry requirement, so companies should start soon if they don't already have one.
Speech Understanding: The Next Leap in Speech Recognition
14 Oct 2019
Deep learning and the data that feeds it will drive speech tech's commercial use
The Evolution of Speech Recognition
28 Jul 2014
Meeting the demand for natural language interaction is becoming easier—and essential.
The Changing Perception and Reality of Speech Recognition
01 Mar 2012
Siri sets a high bar for call center technology.