Mike Rowehl: This is Mobility

Juka Pusa - Nokia

advantages - personal, interactive, context dependent. Web servers just need a little love.

technology - S60 3rd edition devices, python, mod_python, apache, http

mobile device. get your own domain name when you register.

differences between Raccoon and MWS - MWS is divided open and closed, original content source code is not available, but there are example python content applicatinos that can be used as a basis for new apps.

This is the first time theyre taking about it in public, not available yet. It will be at mymobilesite.net

key features - every website has its own domain, MWS settings managed in the UI, appearance of site defined through browser, gateway can block unwanted visitors, access identities are based on contacts, you can give user accounts and groups access to your web applications, when your site is unreachable a message is shown to the visitor, you can edit the message in the MWS settings.

MWS applications - welcome page, blog, gallery to share images, camera to send live images, guestbook, messaging to allow people to send you messages, calendar, send SMS from the web using your device as sender, phone log, contacts.

demo.mymobilesite.net is up whenever Juka isn’t on a plane.

Decided to go with a mixed open and closed model so that it could be made a little more consumer friendly, secure, operationally friendly.

1-800-goog-411

What kind of successful speech applications are out there. TellMe, Asterisk.

Speech interfaces not representing the low end. Letting people self service. TellMe is priced up too high. If Google wants to do something they should offer a low cost per minute service, pre-paid. SIP based for example.

Voice application gadgets, drag and drop the same way that the google homepage is. For instance voice search of NYC restaurants.

Rich brought up the point of initiation time. Push to talk for voice services. Better to call a friend. (But Google is your friend!). Asynchronous. Voice is cool, but better to not happen over the phone. Different transport. TellMe CEO has a call open all the time, like a conf call to a session on all the time. Wildfire? I haven’t seen that, could be worth checking out.

goog-411 uses VoiceXML.

Noise is a big problem, not a big problem. There doesn’t seem to be an agreement about that.

Mention of multimodal, voice and web, simultaneous.

Amount of voice presence huge, sms big, data not really there. Even with all the installs that google has gotten for its apps, the numbers aren’t significant.

what you need - VUI (voice UI, VoiceXML), Grammars (top movies, neighborhoods), community.

IMS (IP Multimedia System)? not there might never be there. complicated and ambitious. No real deployments yet.

What is the equivalent of text advertising in voice applications? Sponsored listings?

translation service. call something and say “ask this guy where the nearest restroom is in chinese”, and then pass the phone to him.

Private acoustic models, especially for people with accents.

machine learning, be able to correct the system and have it learn from that.

pick up stress level, emotion, feelings. So that you can pick up some additional context. That’s one already that acts as a lie detector.