Loquendo
Studio: a VoiceXML developer tools suite
(Continued from Part 1)
Figure 1 shows the general architecture of the environment.
Figure 1
The
developer can debug VoiceXML dynamically generated code,
simulate the full service from PC, test the grammars,
configure service parameters, everything using a PC
equipped with a web browser and an audio card. The only
component that needs to be installed on the developer
PC is the Loquendo Studio add-on offering the possibility
to develop grammar in a graphical way.
Service
creation process with Loquendo Studio
As
soon as the service has been conceived and defined,
the service logic can be developed using the preferred
service development environment. Any environment can
be used for this step according to the developer choice,
competence, and preferences. Grammars can be effectively
produced exploiting the Loquendo Studio add-on. Once
these two steps have been achieved at least in a preliminary
stage, the service creation process in Loquendo Studio
can begin. Service creation is structured as follows:
The Loquendo Studio administrator has to create and profile the service
through the Service and User Management Modules. After this phase, the
Loquendo Studio user associated with the new service can perform the
activities as described below.
Files
such as grammars, audio files, precompiled grammars,
and specialized voices that are part of the voice service
can be provisioned on the voice platform to reduce the
traffic on the data network interconnecting the platform
to the application server, and to reduce the peak response
time. Loquendo Studio allows testing and verifying the
voice service as if it has been deployed on the platform.
For this reason all files that will be hosted on the
platform must be uploaded into Loquendo Studio server
through the User and Service Management Module. This
ensure that the simulation of the service will behave
exactly as in the field, identifying for instance, the
need of proper dimensioning of the data network.
When
the voice service has been properly configured it can
be tested and debugged using the three Loquendo Studio
testing modules: Grammar Module, VoiceXML Debugger,
and the Service Simulation tool.
When the service is complete, Loquendo Studio offers a simple mean to
create the service package of those elements that the developer has
decided to host on the platform, by using the export functionality.
This produces a service delivery package. The package is delivered
using the provisioning system VoxNauta.
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