--- Forwarded Message from Philippe Delcloque <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Philippe Delcloque <[log in to unmask]> >To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Call for Assistance-History of Speech Technology in Language Lear ning >Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:10:47 +0100 > APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING > > Message from InSTIL at http://dbs.tay.ac.uk/instil/ > > Dear Members, > > As at least some of you know, we are planning to publish the first > Illustrated History of Speech Technology in Language Learning on 20 > posters similar to the History of CALL (42) posters at InSTIL 2001, > EUROCALL 2001 and EUROSPEECH 2001. Much research has now been done and we > are at the writing stage. We must complete the posters and send them to > the publisher hopefully by mid July one month from now. > > The small team of Catharina McLaghlan, Julie Metivier, Pierre Yves Toche > and myself aided by two Americans already need your help with the > following: > > 1. If any of you have made a significant contribution to the History of > STiLL, could you give us details with dates in bullet point form + > graphics, including your own picture in preferably portrait format or > "contextualised, fiddling with machinery". Please don't be modest, we > cannot guarantee inclusion but if you don't tell us, then we may not find > out independently. > > 2. If you know of "star people, products, projects, etc", in the field > which you think we don't know about, please tell us, preferably with > literature, graphics and/or web site references. > > 3. If you are willing to synthesize (forgive the pun) our > research/sources in a particular thematic area, please contact me and we > will include you in the team of authors, we need your help for less than > one week work, maybe as little as one day. > > Please feel free to pass on this request from me specifying my e-mail > address [log in to unmask] to anyone who has made a contribution > to our field of endeavour. > > The Exhibition will also be shown at the InSTIL 2002 Symposium to be held > in San Diego, California on March 25th and 26th next year. The CALL for > papers will be sent to lists shortly. > > Looking forward to your reactions and/or queries. > > Philippe >