Papers and Presentations

Leveraging the Accessibility Community As An Asset for Universal Design
Notes from the Boston Accessibility Unconference, September 17, 2011

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Where Does Speech Input Make Sense? Lessons from the Desktop
AVIxD 2011 Workshop on Voice Interaction Design, January 23, 2011

Paper PDF


The User Context: Aligning System and User Behavior
W3C Workshop on Conversational Applications -- Use Cases and Requirements for New Models of Human Language to Support Mobile Conversational Systems, June 18-19, 2010

Paper PDF


Web Accessibility: Taking Control with Speech
Kimberly Patch, ATIA 2010 Orlando, January 28, 2010 (also presented at ATIA 2009 Chicago, October 31, 2009)

Presentation text
Slides


Making Speech Commands Work Well on the Desktop: It's All About Steps
Kimberly Patch, Closing the Gap conference, October 16, 2008

Presentation text
Slides

Videos:
Editing as you dictate in any program
Controlling text at the character level
Navigating documents
Accessing menu items directly in all programs
Accessing files, folders and websites
Firefox link numbers
Mousing including solitaire
Onscreen documentation
Onscreen guides


Difficult Web sites demos
Kimberly Patch, "Surfing the Web by Voice" panel, AVIOS New England meeting, March 19, 2008

Presentation notes and demos PDF
Slides
Also check out UC Task Tour 13a for a more typical Web experience that includes search


Pardon Me, Your Computer's Showing:
Using speech to speed and streamline desktop computing
Kimberly Patch, SpeechTek West 2007 Voice Control on PCs & Mobile Devices session, February 22, 2007


Presentation PDF
Slides
Clips of the demo portions of the presentation:
Demo 1 (Windows Media  Divx) -- Opening demo: how I use speech
Demo 2 (Windows Media  Divx) -- Retrieving a picture two different ways
Demo 3 (Windows Media  Divx) -- Sending an email
Demo 4 (Windows Media  Divx) -- Speech links
Demo 5 (Windows Media  Divx) -- Retrieving documentation
Demo 6 (Windows Media  Divx) -- Favorites-like lists
Demo 7 (Windows Media  Divx) -- The virtual calculator

Paper PDF


When Natural Language Isn't:
The Need for a Dedicated Speech Interface
Kimberly Patch, SpeechTek 2006 Advanced Techniques for Improving User Interaction session, August 8, 2006

PDF
Slides


It's All about the Interface:
Speech Recognition That Works for Both Human and Computer
Kimberly Patch, MIT IAP Seminar, January 17, 2006

PDF
Handout
Slides


Utter Command:
Human-Machine Linguistics, Human-Machine Grammar, and a New Interface

Kimberly Patch, Boston Voice Users Group, July 12, 2005

PDF
Handout
Slides


An Intentionally Modest Proposal for a Speech Recognition Command Grammar
Kimberly Patch, Boston Voice Users Group, February 10, 2004

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Speech Command and Control
Kimberly Patch, Boston Voice Users Group, March 12, 2002

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