Biographical Information
Tom currently applies his 20+ years of software business management to developing a cooperative, next-generation voice user experience that is so incredible; it will catalyze the mass-market adoption of speech. Tom has a BA from the University of Washington and a Masters from the Executive MBA program at the University of Washington.
Articles by Tom Freeman
Read Between the Words
09 Nov 2006
Voice interfaces with true conversational speech capabilities will drive the widespread adoption of voice in mass markets. They make easier, faster, and more efficient interactions with systems. This combination makes interactions with systems feel normal. And, they supersede the concept of learning a new human machine interface (HMI) when talking to a new device or machine. With true conversational speech as the standard, humans don't need to learn machine or robot language and all systems become immediately accessible by human norms.