William Arthur

William (Bill) Arthur, Ph.D. is the architect behind the AccuSpeechMobile Voice & Automation Solution. The company’s patented mobile voice enabling solution that delivers both voice and automation capabilities to any existing mobile workforce application transforms the mobile device into a singular independent origin for deploying voice productivity to workforce applications.

The sophisticated capabilities that power the solution come from Bill Arthur’s years of experience and expertise in natural language technologies and speech synthesis. Dr. Arthur has a Ph.D. in Mathematics/Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, as well as an MA and BA from the University of Massachusetts. His professional career includes substantial experience in both the Text-to-Speech (TTS) and speech recognition disciplines. He was directly responsible for implementing the speech interfaces for the voice-activated VCOMMAND automobile navigation system. Dr. Arthur developed natural-voice TTS system currently being revised for use in a popular radio/ navigation module for a major automobile manufacturer. As Director of Engineering at Cendant Software, Dr. Arthur was responsible for the development and maintenance of all language-related software for the First Byte and Knowledge Adventure divisions, which included several popular Davidson & Associates educational products. This group successfully developed Speech Synthesis APIs and Toolkits for Windows, OS/2 and several telephony application environments including Creative Labs, Dialogic and Natural Microsystems.