VoiceXML Introduction to Developing Speech Applications
James A. Larson · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2002
(NOTE: Each chapter ends with Key Concepts and Exercises and Projects.) Introduction. 1. Why Develop Speech Applications for the Telephone? 2. How Speech Applications Work. 3. Technologies for Speech Applications. 4. Creating Speech Applications. 5. Introduction to VoiceXML. 6. Make the Computer Talk. 7. Make the Computer Listen. 8. Application-Directed Styles and Dialog Documents. 9. User-Directed Styles and Dialog Documents. 10. Mixed-Initiative Dialogs. 11. Testing - Tuning and Monitoring. 12. Development Tools and Reusability. 13. Multimedia Dialogs. Appendix A: Ajax Fast Foods Case Study. Appendix B: The W3C Speech Interface Framework. References. Glossary of Terms. Index.