Dear
Readers,
In
this issue of The VoiceXML Review, we take a look at
some real hands-on VoiceXML projects.
We
begin with a case study by Lionel
Lavallee of HP Bluestone, entitled Integrating
VoiceXML and An Application Server: A Case Study.
If you are an enterprise developer who lives and breathes
Java Beans, J2EE, etc., this article is for you. Lionel's
article is soft of case study/tutorial describing how
they've integrated VoiceXML into their application server
product. You can download the VoiceXML code and evaluation
copies of the software you need to try it out yourself.
Our
second article, an experience report entitled VoiceXML
Experience Report: Flight Tracker Voice Application
written by Dr. David Noever
of Mobular. David's article is an interesting account
of his experiences developing flight-tracking application
in VoiceXML. This article helps one appreciate the fact
that writing a real VoiceXML application involves a
whole lot more than grammar design and making sure your
markup is well formed. After reading the article, go
ahead and call +1-800-555-8355 ext. 135802 and try the
application yourself.
John
Hicks of SpeechBrowser brings us an article entitled
Object-Oriented
VoiceXML that addresses the question of how to reuse
VoiceXML code. The articles presents a set of server-side
Java classes representing VoiceXML tags. These classes
can be stitched together into higher-level "composite"
classes that in term can generate reusable VoiceXML
dialogues and/or applications. John also touches on
how his team has successfully integrated non-VoiceXML
legacy code into VoiceXML applications.
Are
you looking for ways to improve the responsiveness of
your VoiceXML app? Rob
Marchand's trusty First
Words column covers the topics of how caching and
prefetching work in the VoiceXML language.
In
the Speak
& Listen column this month, Jeff
Kunins gets into the nitty-gritty of post-hang-up
processing in VoiceXML, as well as cookies. Please try
to stump Jeff next month with that tough VoiceXML question
you've been struggling with by sending it to speak.and.listen@voicexmlreview.org.
Sincerely,
Jonathan
Engelsma
Editor-in-Chief, VoiceXML Review
Jonathan.Engelsma@voicexmlreview.org
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