W,
"Really smart VOX devices are little way off yet, but are coming."
Agreed.
A good editorial byte from Sounding Board Magazine's Paula Bernier in last month's issue on a related topic, VXML: (bolding mine)
Posted: 12/1999
VXML: A New App Driver?
I learned yet another new acronym at the last round of
voice over IP trade shows this fall. VXML.
It stands for voice extensible markup language and it's
expected to have a big impact on the IP telephony
marketplace.
"I think VXML and XML apps will be very important,"
says Terry McKeon of Cisco Systems Inc.
(www.cisco.com).
VXML handles synthesized speech output (text to
speech), output of audio files, recognition of spoken
input, recognition of dual tone multifrequency (DTMF),
recording of spoken input and telephony call control
(transfer, disconnect, etc.).
According to Bob Schechter, president, CEO and
chairman of Natural MicroSystems Corp.
(www.nmss.com), VXML is a standard for a phone
browser. It can allow for such groovy new
applications as a service that reads e-mail to you. This
makes the integration of data and today's
telephones--which have small screens and limited
touchpads--more user friendly, he adds.
I look forward to seeing the exciting new applications
VXML helps enable.
Until next time,
Paula Bernier
Editor-in-Chief
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Regards, Frank Coluccio |
