VoiceXML: 10 Projects to Voice Enable Your Web Site

A complete, hands-on guide to building Internet voice applications

VoiceXML is rapidly becoming the de facto language standard for handling the transition from visual Web browsing to synthesized text-to-speech information access. This book provides Web designers, database managers, and systems designers with all the tools and templates they need to accomplish this transition in the least amount of time and at the lowest possible cost. Mark Miller walks readers step-by-step through ten real world applications-from statement of the problem through code examination, error checking, and deployment-to clearly demonstrate how to use currently available tools, techniques, and strategies for building Internet voice applications. Accompanying each applications project is a telephone number that allows readers to listen to, and interact with, an actual working example of the application.

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Companion Web site features code samples, working demos, links to most current specs, and updates

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION.

Chapter 1. Introduction to VoiceXML.

Chapter 2. Setting Up the Working Environment.

PART TWO: THE PROJECTS.

Project 1. Building Basic Pages with VoiceXML.

Project 2. Creating Links.

Project 3. Contact Us.

Project 4. User Authentication.

Project 5. Templates and Multiple Documents.

Project 6. Telephone Dialer.

Project 7. Report Recorder.

Project 8. Quiz Generator.

Project 9. San Francisco Arts Calendar.

Project 10. FAQ Engine.

Glossary.

Index.