Conversation analyst at the University of York. I post about CA methods, turn-taking, multimodality, the recruitment of assistance, and other topics—e/acc
York, England
Joined March 2008
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As an experiment, I transformed one of my lectures into a programmatic video using AI. It introduces the conventions for multimodal transcription developed by Lorenza Mondada.
youtu.be/OiGJiGU5m7g
AI models can now help with word searches. Most advanced turn-taking I’ve seen so far.
Meet Dessa, our AI model trained from scratch on nothing but speech.
We believe speech is the natural interface for technology. So we built Dessa.
And we’re inviting AI safety researchers to explore Dessa.
Learn more: block.xyz/dessa
AI presents serious challenges for education, but the creation of new forms of instructional media is one of the greatest opportunities.
While a video like this won't replace a lecture, it can supplement one, and for some students, it will make a difference.
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📢 Abstract update!
Invited speaker Richard Ogden (University of York): "The phonetic and social organisation of laughter" — on how co-participants coordinate laughter in conversation, across English, German, Spanish & Finnish.
Programme 👇
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/…
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📢 Abstract update!
Invited speaker Ana Cristina Ostermann (UFRGS & CNPq, Brazil): "Where there's life, there is hope: Calibrating hope in the face of impending death" — on hope in physician–family phone calls during COVID-19.
Full programme 👇
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/…
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Our YorCCA 2026 programme is now available!
You can view the full conference and workshop schedule here:
sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/…
We look forward to seeing you in York this July!
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Join us at #YorCCA2026!
Richard Ogden (University of York) leads a postgraduate workshop on the phonetics of talk-in-interaction, Saturday 18 July. Register: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/…
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Join us at #YorCCA2026! Ana Cristina Ostermann (UFRGS, Brazil) leads a postgraduate workshop on collections and actions in health interactions, Saturday 18 July. Register: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/…
A new article I co-authored with Paul Drew has just been published: "Addressee points in conflictual interactions: A reductionist analysis of action".
Free-access link:
tandfonline.com/eprint/IXCAG…
More below.
We also found that the tenseness of articulation varies meaningfully. Addressee points produced with rapid, sudden movements occur in extreme conflicts whereas those with lax, fluid movements appear in ironic or mock conflict in which speakers employ practices of deescalation.
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Sci-Hub is an evil website that pirated 85M+ research papers and made them freely available
And now they've added AI to their database to make Sci-Bot.
It answers your questions using latest, full-text articles.
But DO NOT use it. We should all try to make billion-dollar academic publishers richer.
I'm putting the link below so you know how to avoid it.
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📢 YorCCA 2026 — Weekly Reminder
Abstract submission is still open for YorCCA 2026!
🎓 Open to current MA/PhD researchers and recent PhD graduates (2023+)
🗓 Deadline: Friday 10 April 2026
🔗 Full details & submission: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/…
Please share and submit soon!
I've developed a simple app to help with transcription: Ript. It solves three problems: finding symbols, numbering lines, and styling multimodal transcripts.
App: ript-editor.vercel.app/
Guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
I developed it with Claude and didn't write a single line of code. I just described the features the app should have and Claude worked his magic. This is just one example of how AI can support CA research. #AIforCA