I agree that the original commercial model used for VXML gets in the way of it's own success. It's also focussed way too much on ASR/TTS. I think we can all agree this technology is still a future promise, even after 10+ years. But technically VXML is an interesting concept, especially together with related standards like ccxml (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_Control_eXtensible_Markup_Language). The latter supports call transfer and conferencing. Every VoIP and TDM product I've worked with in the past has it's own application interface or is bound to an interface that's tailored for a special use (like pbx). I've also used voxeo's callxml, that's implemented with the CosmoCom ACD product. It's implementation is crappy, but the concept is nice. The idea of separating callcontrol+media (voice/swithing core) and application+ivr logic (vxml webserver cgi scripts) sounds rather appealing to me.
 
Do you known the name of the free VXML editor/client that's out there?
 

Van: freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org [mailto:freeswitch-users-bounces@lists.freeswitch.org] Namens Anthony Minessale
Verzonden: woensdag 22 april 2009 3:58
Aan: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org
Onderwerp: Re: [Freeswitch-users] VoiceXML

I was initially turned off by VXML when it came out because the first way they tried to make money off it was to
sell the clients that let you build the actual xml.  I was not really motivated to pay money to be able to
just generate xml just so i could code a free server for it so I lost interest.

I did hear there is now finally a free one out there. so that may make it a little more reasonable.

I've commented in the past that I'm totally open to supporting VXML but we have never had the public interest, time or resources
to work on it thus far.



On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:15 PM, David Knell <dave@3c.co.uk> wrote:
On Tue, 2009-04-21 at 14:35 -0400, mszlazak@aol.com wrote:
> Great Idea.
> Try setting up the exact same dialogue with say Voxeo's VoiceXML
> system and then with Javascript/Lua and pocketsphinx. It's an order of
> magnitude faster with VoiceXML.

Out of interest, is that using some RAD tool or coding directly in
VoiceXML?  I ask because VoiceXML strikes me as being a bastard
abomination of the highest order, whose sole saving grace is that
it's a standardised bastard abomination.

Or is Pocketsphinx the problem?

Cheers --

Dave




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