Bottom Line: (1) Most technical SpeechTEK conference ever! (2) Consequently - it was very useful to me as a professional (and inspirational!). (3) "Conversational" is the word of the day and it's only going to get bigger. Musings: In nature, the intersection of two ecosystems is a very fertile place: The shoreline, the edge of a pond, the place where hills begin. Creatures from both ecosystems are able to inhabit this borderland. This means that there are twice the opportu