Subdialogs
(Continued
from Part 1)
Mailing
Lists
The
W3C maintains a public mailing list for VoiceXML issues.
See http://www.w3c.org/Voice
for details.
A
Yahoo Groups mailing list related to VoiceXML is relatively
active. See http://groups.yahoo.com
for details.
SmartGroups
(http://www.smartgroups.com)
also hosts a VoiceXML mailing list.
Many
of the VoiceXML vendors also maintain mailing lists.
Books
Books
on VoiceXML continue to appear. Here are a few that
I'm aware of:
- The
VoiceXML Handbook: Understanding and Building the
Phone-Enabled Web (Bob Edgar)
- Voice
Application Development with VoiceXML (Rick Beasley,
Kenneth Michael Farley, John O'Reilly, Leon Squire)
- Early
Adopter VoiceXML (Stephen Breitenbach, et. al.)
- VoiceXML:
Developer's Guide with CD-ROM (Chetan Sharma, Jeff
Kunins)
- Voice
Enabling Web Applications: VoiceXML and Beyond (Kenneth
R. Abbott)
When
you're buying a book, make sure it covers the version
and features of VoiceXML in which you're interested.
User
Groups
There
is not a great deal of user group access yet. However,
here a few.
- Italian
VoiceXML User Group (http://www.vxmlitalia.com/)
- Boston
VoiceXML User Group
The
Boston VUG is perhaps the most active. They meet on
a monthly basis, and have interesting speakers at each
meeting. Contact Dennis McCarthy (mccarthy@acm.org)
for further information.
Developer
Tools and Sites
The
following companies provide VoiceXML tools (either on-line,
or standalone). Check out the e-zines and other sites
(such as http://www.ctlabs.com)
for reviews.
Online
Magazines
There
are a few on-line 'e-zines' that you might find useful.
You are, of course, reading one of them now.
The
VoiceXML Review is a monthly publication that provides
columns and feature articles addressing issues such
as the evolving VoiceXML Specification, related specifications
(for example, the Speech Recognition Grammar Specification,
and others that are used by VoiceXML).
The
XML Review covers all things XML (both on-line, and
in a print edition). This magazine has published quite
a number of articles that address VoiceXML, including
developer and tool site reviews, and some introductory
material.
Summary
A
year ago, it was a bit of a chore finding information
about VoiceXML. Now, you'll have to be careful not to
trip over it. Visit these sites, and start bookmarking!
What's
Next?
Next
month, back to the grindstone. We'll tackle a new VoiceXML
problem, soon to be determined.
If
there are particular things you'd like to see covered
in a future First Words column, drop me a line at rob@voicegenie.com,
and I'll try to write about it.
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