VoiceXML
Forum Uses SpeechTEK 2002 as Setting for Upcoming Users Group Meeting
World's Foremost Experts of VoiceXML will gather to discuss conformance,
design, implementation and other speech language innovations
Piscataway,
NJ - October 08, 2002 -- The VoiceXML Forum
will sponsor a Users Group Meeting (UGM) on 31
October 2002 at the 8th Annual SpeechTEK International
Expo and Educational Conference in New York City
that will provide an interactive forum to share
and discuss critical information related to VoiceXML
applications and implementations. The meeting
will take place between noon and 5:30 pm. Registration
for the UGM is available via the web at: www.voicexml.org.
Top industry experts from the VoiceXML Forum
will lead five 45-minute discussions on topics
such as VoiceXML conformance and interoperability,
VoiceXML design and implementation, SSML and CCXML.
The sessions will run sequentially to allow attendees
the opportunity to attend and provide input into
each session. All sessions will feature an open
question and answer segment.
"It's
an incredible experience to be part of the explosive
growth of VoiceXML," said Bill Dykas, Chairman
of the VoiceXML Forum and Pervasive Computing
Segment Manager at IBM. "The demand for information
about VoiceXML is demonstrated by the expanding
attendance at the VoiceXML Forum's Users Group
Meetings in the past few years. The increasing
demand is causing the Forum to now sponsor Users
Group events throughout the year. In 2001 it was
one event, in 2002 we led two meetings. Going
forward our plans are to sponsor multiple, geographically
dispersed events to serve the interests of the
VoiceXML community."
The
October gathering will mark the Forum's fourth
Users Group Meeting. Previous meetings have been
attended by as many as 230 people, and have spawned
geographic sub efforts such as the VoiceXML Forum's
Boston Users Group. SpeechTEK provides an ideal
backdrop for a UGM, as it is renowned as the world's
premier event dedicated exclusively to speech
products, applications and solutions.
The
VoiceXML Forum is an industry organization
founded in May 1999 and chartered with establishing
and promoting the Voice Extensible Markup Language
(VoiceXML), a specification essential to making
Internet content and information accessible via
voice and phone. With the backing and technology
contributions of its diverse membership, the VoiceXML
Forum is uniquely positioned to help make
speech-enabled applications on the Internet a
near-term reality.
The
core activities of the VoiceXML Forum are education,
marketing, and the development of a conformance/interoperability
program. The Forum publishes VoiceXML Review
(http://www.voicexmlreview.org),
an electronic magazine dedicated to VoiceXML and
featuring articles written by industry experts.
The Forum's website also includes an assortment
of information for all parties interested in VoiceXML
- from beginners to experts.
For
more information on the VoiceXML Forum, or about
the upcoming Users Group Meeting, please visit
www.voicexml.org or contact the Forum's Administrative
Team
(+1 732 465 6464).
For all inquiries please contact:
Brett McDowell
Program Manager, VoiceXML Forum
c/o IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO)
brett.mcdowell@ieee-isto.org
+ 1 732 465 6464
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