This book is for those professional developers who wish to add a new language to their toolkit, and want to be in a position to take advantage of the imminent explosion in voice-enabled applications. We assume a prior knowledge of XML, and some other web programming technologies, such as ASP, JSP and PHP.

• An overview of the development and deployment environments available
  
• VoiceXML 1.0 syntax tutorial
  
• Grammar use, including JSGF and Nuance GSL syntax
  
• Use of VoiceXML with XSLT, ASP, JSP, and PHP
  
• Nuance Speechobjects
  
• The future of VoiceXML technologies, including VoiceXML 2.0
  

Introduction


Chapters

• Chapter 1 : Introduction to Voice Technologies
  
• Chapter 2 : Getting Started with VoiceXML
  
• Chapter 3 : VoiceXML Grammars
  
• Chapter 4 : Basic VoiceXML
  
• Chapter 5 : Advanced VoiceXML Markup
  
• Chapter 6 : Good Application Design
  
• Chapter 7 : VoiceXML with XSLT (HTML and WML)
  
• Chapter 8 : Adding VoiceXML to an Existing Web Site
  
• Chapter 9 : Dynamic VoiceXML with ASP
  
• Chapter 10 : Nuance SpeechObjects
  
• Chapter 11 : The Future
  

Appendices

• Appendix A : VoiceXML Syntax Reference
  
• Appendix B : Useful Resources
  

Index