Janet M. Baker Explained

Janet M. Baker
Fields:speech recognition
Workplaces:MIT Media Lab
Harvard Medical School
Dragon Systems
Alma Mater:Tufts University
Carnegie Mellon University
Thesis Title:A new time-domain analysis of human speech and other complex waveforms
Thesis Url:http://search.library.cmu.edu/vufind/Record/324725
Thesis Year:1975
Doctoral Advisor:Raj Reddy
Known For:Dragon Systems
Spouse:James K. Baker

Janet MacIver Baker is an American computer scientist, neuroscientist and entrepreneur. Along with her husband James K. Baker, they founded Dragon Systems and are together credited with the creation of Dragon NaturallySpeaking.[1]

In 2012, she received the IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award with her husband.[2]

Baker is currently affiliated with the MIT Media Lab and Harvard Medical School as a visiting scientist and lecturer.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dragon Medical Transcription. History of Speech Recognition. 17 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150813223326/http://dragon-medical-transcription.com/history_speech_recognition.html. 2015-08-13.
  2. Web site: IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award Recipients. https://web.archive.org/web/20100407235922/http://www.ieee.org/about/awards/bios/flanagan_recipients.html. dead. April 7, 2010. IEEE. 2 July 2017. en-us.
  3. Web site: Blanding. Michael. Speechless. Tufts Magazine. 2 July 2017. Fall 2012.

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