iBistro is a POS and back office software solution from Wincor-Nixdorf. As a key member of the development team working on iBistro, I was responsible forseveral of the major modules in the system, as well as upgrades and supporting tools. I also was involved in on-site installs, QA, testing, 3rd level software support, and I held training seminars and demonstrations.

 IBistro Press Release

BCL Technologies developed a Spoken Language User Interface Toolkit (SLUI TK), funded under an Advanced Technology Program (ATP) of NIST for analyzing and understanding SL/NL commands, in conjunction with a standard ASR engine. The toolkit allows programmers to build an interface that easily integrates speech recognition into new or existing applications.

The Toolkit handles syntax and semantic processing with minimal direction from the programmer, and removes the need for an in depth understanding of linguistics. Using the SLUI Toolkit, a programmer is able to create a system that incorporates Natural Language Processing (NLP), which includes complex syntactic parsing, and semantic understanding.

I helped develop many aspects of the SLUITK, including design, coding, and natural language research. The software is written in C++, and uses the IBM viavoice SDK.

 SLUI TK Website

Working with a small team at BCL Technologies, I helped develop and commercialize two voice recognition products for PocketPC PDAs. VoiceMP3 allows users to control music playback by speaking the titles of songs. VoiceContact lets users dial numbers by speaking digits or by speaking someone’s a name. No training is necessary for any of the commands, and hard-to-pronounce names in the address book can be assigned voice nicknames.

My contributions included grammar file creation, playlist support, custom error voices, tutorial mode, click-and-release recognition capability, and supporting UI skins. These projects were developed in Embedded C++ and used the IBM ViaVoice SDK.


 VoiceContact & VoiceMP3 Press Release

BCL WebContent is an extension for Macromedia Dreamweaver that allows users to import PDF files as HTML so that the content can be extracted and published on the web.

At BCL Technologies, I was responsible for developing this product, which took 3 months to complete. It was written in C++ and Javascript, and used one of our COM objects.

WebContent was featured as one of Macromedia’s top-pick extensions, and they even purchased a license to include it in their Development Resource Kit 5. WebContent is also featured in the book, Dreamweaver Bible by Joe Lowery.

 WebContent Website
 Demo Download

PageView Server converts a specified set of documents to HTML, and then creates a dynamic web portal to allow users to access the files online. I was the product manager for this project, working with a team of 2 people through each phase of the development process. It was written in C++ and took 3 months to complete.

Highlights of this project include a schedule for processing folders, plenty of recursive functions, and a simple but powerful UI.

 PageView Server Website
 Demo Download

Magellan converts any file into HTML while preserving the format, graphics, tables and text. I had the opportunity to prototype a new set of features for the HTML output such as search, print, zoom, page jump, and thumbnail navigation. We then decided to spend 3 months upgrading Magellan’s user interface.

I lead the 3-person team in upgrading to the next version of Magellan, and I developed many components of the new UI such as FTP support, tabbed options, instant HTML update, and thumbnail preview during generation. Magellan is written in C++, and the generated HTML includes Javascript and DHTML for navigating and displaying the content.

 Magellan Website
 Demo Download

Roman-Jones Inc. developed and commercialized an inexpensive Xilinx Serial PROM Programmer. Essentially, it is a piece of hardware that plugs into the parallel port of a computer. A Xilinx part is inserted into the hardware, and when the accompanying software sends data to the port, it is burned to the chip. The programmer and software have been tested and certified by Xilinx.

I contributed to the development of the software that controls the PROM programmer. Specifically, I added support for Motorola S-Record file format as well as corrected some *.mcs file operations, helped correct reset polarity bit problems, added support for several new device families, and upgraded the buffer viewing options. The software was written in C++, and I was able to collaborate long-distance with the development team.

 Roman-Jones Website