VoiceXML Forum Launches Platform Certification
Program
Successfully Completes Trial
Invites Vendors to Submit Platforms for Independent Testing
SPEECHTEK 2004, NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2004 - The VoiceXML
Forum today announced the availability of the VoiceXML
Platform Certification Program. The Program consists of a
series of tests to determine whether a VoiceXML platform is fully
compliant with the latest release of the VoiceXML standard. Companies
wishing to have their platforms tested may register on the Forum's
Web site at www.voicexml.org,
or contact the VoiceXML Forum at voicexml-admin@voicexml.org.
VoiceXML-certified
platforms will be listed on the Forum's Web site.
The general availability of this program follows the completion
of a successful pilot program conducted with CT Labs, an independent
certification laboratory contracted by the Forum, and member companies
Nuance (www.nuance.com), VoiceGenie
Technologies, Inc. (www.voicegenie.com)
and Voxpilot Ltd. (www.voxpilot.com).
As in the pilot, the certification testing will be conducted
by independent testing organizations chosen by the Forum. The
VoiceXML Platform Certification Program test suite includes over
more than 600 tests that cover the W3C VoiceXML 2.0 Recommendation
and is based on the W3C's VoiceXML 2.0 Implementation Report.
To aid vendors in preparing for certification, the Conformance
Test Suite to be used in the VoiceXML Platform Certification Program
is available, at no charge, for public download from the Forum's
Web site at www.voicexml.org.
Forum Sponsor
and Promoter
members also can download a Web-based test harness to aid in running
the tests.
The VoiceXML
Forum Conformance Committee manages the Platform Certification
Program with support from the IEEE-ISTO (www.ieee-isto.org)
and NCC Group (www.nccglobal.com).
The Conformance Committee is currently at work on a program to
test VoiceXML applications and tools for conformance to the standard.
For more information about the VoiceXML Forum or the Platform
Certification Program, please visit the Forum's Web site at www.voicexml.org.
About the VoiceXML Forum
The VoiceXML Forum is an
industry organization formed to create and promote the Voice Extensible
Markup Language (VoiceXML). With the backing and contributions
of its diverse membership,
including key industry leaders, since its inception, the VoiceXML
Forum has successfully driven market acceptance of VoiceXML through
a wide array of speech-enabled applications. Currently, the Forum
has more than 325 member companies, distributed across three membership
categories (Sponsor,
Promoter
and Supporter).
Membership in the Forum is open
to any interested company.
The core activities of the VoiceXML Forum are driven by its five
active committees: Accessibility, Conformance, Education, Marketing
and Tools. The Forum publishes the VoiceXML
Review, an electronic magazine dedicated to VoiceXML, featuring
insightful articles written by industry experts. Its public website
(www.voicexml.org) is a
rich, one-stop source for information about VoiceXML and related
technologies. The VoiceXML Forum is organized as a program of
the IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO).
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For media inquiries, please contact:
Christian Danella
Prequent, Inc. (for the VoiceXML Forum)
christian@prequent.com
+1 408 307 1236
For all other inquiries, please contact:
Cindy Tiritilli
Program Manager, VoiceXML Forum
c/o IEEE-ISTO
+1 732 465 6464
voicexml-admin@voicexml.org
www.voicexml.org
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