James K. Baker

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James K. Baker
Alma mater Princeton University
Carnegie Mellon University
Known for Dragon Systems
Spouse Janet M. Baker
Scientific career
Fields speech recognition
Institutions Dragon Systems
Thesis Stochastic Modeling as a Means of Automatic Speech Recognition  (1975)
Doctoral advisor Raj Reddy

James K. Baker is an American entrepreneur and computer scientist. Along with his wife Janet M. Baker, they co-founded the Dragon Systems and together credited with the creation of Dragon NaturallySpeaking. [1]

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James Baker is an expert in speech recognition technology and a Distinguished Career Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. From June 2007 to 2009, Baker served as director of research at the Center of Excellence in Human Language at the Johns Hopkins University. [2]

Biography

Baker is a 1963 graduate of Yorktown High School (Arlington County, Virginia). [3]

Publications

  1. Baker, J. (1975). "The DRAGON system—An overview". IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing. 23: 24–29. doi:10.1109/TASSP.1975.1162650.

References

  1. ↑ "History of Speech Recognition". Dragon Medical Transcription. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Home". www.sarasinstitute.org. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Hall of Fame 2014 | The Alumni & Friends of Yorktown High School". www.yorktownalums.org. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
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