Tech-Ed 2008 Days 3 & 4
The last two days of Tech-Ed went pretty quick though I was getting pretty tired towards the end. The crowds were also down some on Friday as some people evidently headed home (or took the day off). Thursday I worked the OCS labs again and on Friday I was back in the MVP lounge.
Both days were good for Speech Server developers as there were sessions both days by Albert Kooiman and Michael Dunn. They did a great job of presenting with some "hints" as to what the future holds for us speech developers. They also put together a couple of apps and answered questions from the audience.
I was excited that the GotSpeech forums and the E-Learning got mentioned both sessions. I also met with several members of the audience and answered questions as well as did some public relations for GotSpeech. I spoke with several of the publishers and training companies in the vendor area about writing a book or developing some training courses. I will have to followup on those after I get back from the second week of Tech-Ed.
I am still working on getting the slides and code from the Speech Server sessions but that may take a few weeks. I also spoke with the OCS team about getting some Microsoft support for the SAPI forums on GotSpeech as well as starting up some OCS related forums. We are still in the early stages of talking about this and I'll let you know if things work out.
While I was there I met Kent Layher who has built a neat little app for phones. It's not exactly speech reco but his Memic List shows some creative thinking. I wish him luck in his marheting efforts.