FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Steve Cook to Discuss Best Practices and Development of Next Generation Technologies to Expand Translation Memory Usage and Capabilities 

WHAT:

The goal of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Translation Memory Workshop is to bring together users, developers and researchers of Translation Memory to engage the community on current practices, successes, barriers and future directions. Discussions will focus on:

• What motivates people to use Translation Memory and what is preventing potential users from employing it?
• What are the appropriate metrics and measures that should be applied to assess Translation Memory?
•  What is desired and planned in the next generation of Translation Memory technology to expand its usage, improve its capabilities and better address the needs of its users? 

WHO:

AppTek’s Chief Technology Officer, Steve Cook will participate in a panel to discuss what metrics are currently used to validate performance and outline plans for expanding on current best practices to drive the next generation of Translation Memory technology. In addition to being selected to participate for its unique position as the only major provider of proven Translation Memory solutions, AppTek has been in the development of human language technology (HLT) products, such as Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Machine Translation (MT), for almost 20 years. In addition to its commercial off the shelf (COTS) products, AppTek also leads in major research and development efforts to develop better methods and technologies that will advance the HLT field, including the industry’s first hybrid machine translation solution. AppTek is one of the largest companies solely focused on HLT development.  

WHERE:          

NIST/AML Conference Room

Gaithersburg, Maryland

 http://www.nist.gov/mel/isd/translation-memory-workshop.cfm 

WHEN:

Thursday, December 3, 2009 2:40 – 3:40pm  

ABOUT APPTEK:

AppTek is a developer of human language technology products with a complete suite for text and speech (voice) processing and recognition.  The Company also leads major research and development efforts to further the advancement in the field of developing better methods and technologies in the field of HLT.  AppTek's product offerings include machine translation (MT) and automatic speech recognition (ASR) for a growing list of more than 23 languages; multilingual information retrieval with query and topic search capabilities; name-finding applications; and integrated suites providing automatic speech recognition and machine translation in media monitoring of broadcast and telephony speech as well as handheld and wearable speech-to-speech translation devices. For more information please visit www.apptek.com.  

CONTACT:       

Chris Leach, 703-218-3555 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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