Dear
Readers,
Our
theme this month is VoiceXML in action. You might recall
that the February
2001 issue discussed various VoiceXML-related business
opportunities in general. We now look at a couple of
real VoiceXML applications that are being used every
day.
In
his article entitled Ten
Steps to a Commercial-grade VoiceXML Application,
T. Todd Elvins presents a ten step program for successful
deployment of carrier-grade VoiceXML applications. Todd
draws on his pioneering experience at Indicast Corporation,
developing a compelling commercial VoiceXML application
to deliver pre-recorded audio content to users.
Our
second feature article this month is co-authored by
Bryan Michael of BeVocal and Rachel McConnell of indigo
egg. In their article, entitled City
CarShare Reservation System: a VoiceXML Case Study,
Bryan and Rachel present their experiences in developing
a voice reservation system for a car sharing company
in San Francisco using BeVocal Café.
In
the First
Words column, Rob Marchand continues to explore
features of the VoiceXML language by further developing
his VoiceXML-enabled pizza franchise. This month Rob
demonstrates how applications can mix DTMF input with
speech. Rob also presents the concept of tapered prompts
and demonstrates how to implement them in VoiceXML.
This
month, our Speak
& Listen columnist Jeff Kunins, tackles your
questions on authenticating users using voice, the <transfer>
tag and more. If you have a VoiceXML-related question
you'd like addressed in a future column, send us email
at speak.and.listen@voicexmlreview.org.
Sincerely,
Jonathan
Engelsma
Editor-in-Chief, VoiceXML Review
Jonathan.Engelsma@voicexmlreview.org
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