ScanSoft Releases OpenSpeech DialogModules 2.0

PEABODY , Mass. - ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT), released OpenSpeech(TM) DialogModules 2.0 software, that includes significant application development enhancements.

 

Since 1996 SpeechWorks (Scansoft) and its partners have deployed more than 750 speech application using DialogModule technology. OpenSpeech DialogModules have been adopted by standards-based platform providers and tool vendors to accelerate application development of custom speech applications as well as support SpeechPAKs(TM).

 

"VoiceGenie is pleased to offer a flexible and high performance VoiceXML platform that is optimized for ScanSoft OpenSpeech DialogModules 2.0 execution," said Rob Marchand, senior director of product management at VoiceGenie Technologies. "ScanSoft's OpenSpeech DialogModules are powerful and well-designed building blocks that dramatically speed application time to market for our customers, further enhancing the benefits of our NeXusPoint framework."

 

OpenSpeech DialogModules free software developers from programming frequently occurring speech recognition tasks in new speech applications. When used in conjunction with OpenSpeech(TM) Recognizer 3.0, OpenSpeech DialogModules provide increased recognition accuracy, efficiency, and caller satisfaction.

 

Included among the OpenSpeech DialogModules are capabilities for collecting dates, time, yes/no responses and addresses. For example, rather than writing code to collect a correct spelling for a name, developers can use the Name OpenSpeech DialogModules to accelerate application development while providing a consistent user interface for the caller. The latest release includes a number of application development enhancements including:

 

• Latest Standards Support: OpenSpeech DialogModules are components that generate VoiceXML and provide an application building block for simplifying the development of VoiceXML applications. The latest release supports multiple drafts of the VoiceXML 2.0 specification including the latest candidate recommendation from February 2003.
• Lower Cost of Ownership: OpenSpeech DialogModules provide improved caching performance resulting in increased CPU savings and faster response time for callers. For example, OpenSpeech DialogModules 2.0 can now support more than 400 cacheable channels, a four-fold increase in performance relative to OpenSpeech DialogModules 1.2.
• Improved Application Management: OpenSpeech DialogModules 2.0 improve application management and tuning by providing for server side logging of information. Application developers can more quickly and easily access call logs making it easier to deploy or optimize their speech applications.
• Supports Development of Complex Prompts: OpenSpeech DialogModules 2.0 provide greater flexibility for user interface designers enabling them to dynamically change parallel grammars, properties and behaviors. For example, designers can employ text-to-speech software to spell back information using the Name and Address OpenSpeech DialogModules, incorporating the same voice used for the pre-recorded prompts, to create a seamless caller experience.
• Wide Application Server Support: OpenSpeech DialogModules 2.0 support a wide range of J2EE application servers supporting the J2EE Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 specification independent of the operating system.

OpenSpeech Xccelerator Testing Suite: OpenSpeech DialogModules 2.0 includes a testing package for platform partners. OpenSpeech Xccelerator includes code, grammars, audio prompts, documentation, analysis tools and metrics so that platform partners can quickly qualify and integrate OpenSpeech DialogModules on their platform.