David Attwater

Senior Scientist
Enterprise Integration Group

Picture of David AttwaterDavid has over 17 years of experience of speech and touch-tone user interface design and test.  David has a specific focus on customer usability testing and is an acknowledged expert in the design and test of natural language solutions for customer service, including digital assistants.

SpeechTEK 2020

SpeechTEK 2019

SpeechTEK 2018

  • Sunday, April 8, 2018
    • 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Designing Natural Language Home Assistants Using Amazon Alexa
  • Monday, April 9, 2018
    • 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. C101: Advanced User Interfaces for Smart Assistants
  • Tuesday, April 10, 2018
    • 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Tuesday Knowledge Café
  • Wednesday, April 11, 2018
    • 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Is It Time to Throw Our IVR in the Trash Can?

SpeechTEK 2017

  • Wednesday, April 26, 2017
    • 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. A Hike on the Slopes of Uncanny Valley
    • 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Using a Data-Driven Approach to Design, Build, & Tune Spoken Dialogue Systems
  • Monday, April 24, 2017
    • 10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. D101: PANEL: Can You Trust Them?

SpeechTEK 2016

  • Thursday, May 26, 2016
    • 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Designing for Spoken Natural Language Understanding & Dialogue
  • Tuesday, May 24, 2016
    • 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Are Mobile Apps Making IVRs Extinct?
    • 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. C203: Keeping a Mature Natural Language Solution Business Relevant

SpeechTEK 2015

  • Thursday, August 20, 2015
    • 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Best Practices for Natural Language Design
  • Monday, August 17, 2015
    • 8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Documenting Natural Language Speech Solutions
  • Tuesday, August 18, 2015
    • 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. C205: Speech Enables Natural Language and Machine Translation

SpeechTEK 2014

  • Wednesday, August 20, 2014
    • 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. B301: PANEL: Cross-Cultural Usability Testing

SpeechTEK 2013

  • Wednesday, August 21, 2013
    • 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. A301: Making Natural Speech Systems Deliver Business Value
    • 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. A304: PANEL: Will Natural Language Deliver on Its Promises? nl

SpeechTEK 2011

  • Tuesday, August 9, 2011
    • 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. A201: The Role of Speech in Smartphones

SpeechTEK 2010

  • Monday, August 2, 2010
    • 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. A102: Is Natural Language Right for You?
  • Wednesday, August 4, 2010
    • 2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. B304: Solve My VUI Problem!
  • Tuesday, August 3, 2010
    • 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. D204: Multimodal Systems for Seniors

SpeechTEK 2009

  • Wednesday, August 26 2009
    • 10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. C301: VUI Considerations for Speaker Verification
  • Monday, August 24 2009
    • 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. D106: Security
    • 10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. D101: Panel: How to Make Speaker Verification Applications Good for Business

SpeechTEK 2008

  • Wednesday, August 20
    • 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. B303: Happy Together? Speech & Touchtone
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