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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Possible PhD Studentship CULTURAL DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE USABILITY OF SPEECH INTERFACES University of Luton Bursary appx GBP 12,000 pa. Three year studentship. Informal expressions of interest are invited for a possible funded PhD studentship investigating cultural differences and localisation issues within speech driven interfaces. The post would be based within the newly established Centre for Software Internationalisation within the Computing and IS Department at the University of Luton. The role would be to work with a leading European Software Localisation Company in investigating usability issues within, and developing guidelines for, the localisation of speech driven interfaces. In this context we are addressing issues that go beyond concerns of language translation. If you might possibly be interested in such a role please email [log in to unmask] giveing a brief background of your work to date, and stating briefly why you are interested in researching within this area. Dr Andy Smith, Reader in HCI, University of Luton Exec. Cttee. Member British HCI Group Email: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ________________________________________________________________________________ This email (and any attachment) is private and confidential. If you were not meant to receive it, please delete it and tell us by phone or email. Although we scan all email and attachments we do not accept responsibility for viruses. ________________________________________________________________________________