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VoiceXML and the Democratic Divide
An interesting paper appears in the Internet journal “First Monday†written by Stephanie Birdsall of Brown University discussing the issue of remote voting and its impact on political...
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Who’s using phone voting?
Voting is one of the most fundamental activities of a representative democracy, yet the issue of Internet voting continues to be a contentious one for governments in the USA and Europe. The issue of...
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Speak with Confidence
I’ve posted a new tutorial showing my take on the “Confidence-Based Confirmation” technique first outlined by Matt Oshry of TellMe networks. This example uses a VoiceXML subdialog approach to confirm...
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Been a while…
Where have I been for the past few months? What have I been doing? Certainly not blogging – but hopefully that will change soon. I’ve been back at work on a project that I first conceived of almost...
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How to steal an election
I found an interesting article today on /. that lays out in some detail the problems with “state of the art†direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines. There is a lot of good information in...
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Vocal Democracy Released!
The alpha version of Vocal Democracy is now available for download from SourceForge. I’ve already got lots of changes planned, but I’m excited to get feedback on the state of the work so far. This...
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Choice is good
This year at the polls, voters with visual impairments will have more options than ever. There was a nice article on this very issue waiting for me in my local newspaper this morning. One of the...
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New Version of Vocal Democracy Released
A new release of Vocal Democracy is now available — the improvements keep coming. I’m very happy with where this project is right now. There is still a lot of work to be done, but I hope to have...
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IVR Systems Strengthen Democracy
When voters in Kenya and the Ukraine go to the polls this month, speech technologies from Angel.com will be there to make sure the elections run smoothly. The International Republican Institute (IRI),...
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