William Meisel (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering) is an independent consultant, analyst, and newsletter publisher in speech technology, particularly speech recognition, text-to-speech, speaker authentication, and voice search. He is co-organizer of the Voice Search Conference with the non-profit Applied Voice Input Output Society (AVIOS). He published a textbook on computer pattern recognition, founded and ran a speech recognition company for ten years, and publishes the paid-subscription newsletter, Speech Strategy News.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California
B.S., Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Applied Voice Input/Output Society
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Southern California
Many talks at industry conferences
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: five times
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: speech recognition, speech technology, voice recognition
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 100%
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: five years
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: all services
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $400
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $400
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $500
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $500
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Travel expenses if any
