Dr. William S. Meisel

Tarzana, CA 91356
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Phone: 818-708-0962
Dr. William S. Meisel

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

References

References available upon request.

Publications