- Paperback: 324 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (17 Jun 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0130092622
- ISBN-13: 978-0130092625
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 18 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,680,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For one/two semester courses in Introduction to VoiceXML, undergraduate courses in Building Speech Applications in Computer Science courses.
This text answers the fundamental question of how to design and build a usable speech interface to Web applications. VoiceXML is the XML language for voice applications, and voice is the bridge connecting the Internet with telephone networks; by using extensive pedagogy, examples, a case study, and a supporting Web site, this book describes how to build voice interfaces that enable callers to access the Internet with a phone.
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Yes, this is the most suitable book that I know of as a college textbook on this topic. If I were teaching a class on this topic, I would definitely select it as my textbook.
--Deborah A. Dahl, Speech Solutions, Unisys Corporation
VoiceXML excels at introducing the process of developing speech-enabled applications. With advice including how to phrase a prompt, how to specify grammar for recognizing the caller's response to a prompt, and what to do if the caller does not respond appropriately, this text answers fundamental speech user-interface questions. Jim Larson's book is well suited as a college textbook for students and a trade book for professionals developing speech applications.
BENEFITS
- Gain skills required to develop speech applications
- Apply practical steps for developing user-friendly speech applications
- Learn basic strategies for interacting with a computer by talking and listening, rather than typing and reading
- Understand basic issues and apply pragmatic solutions for developing speech applications
FEATURES
- Summary of key concepts listed at the end of each chapter
- State-of-the-art review of key speech technologies
- Review of alternative dialog styles and how to implement them using VoiceXML
- Human-factors guidelines for constructing speech user interfaces with examples of their application
- Author website containing VoiceXML code for each example, review questions for each chapter, available VoiceXML interpreters, grammars, and VoiceXML Web sites at http://www.larson-tech.com
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. James A. Larson chairs the World Wide Web Consortium's Voice Browser Working Group, which is developing language standards for speech applications, including VoiceXML 2.0, Speech Recognition Grammar, and Speech Synthesis Markup Languages. Dr. Larson also works for Intel and is an adjunct professor for Portland State University and Oregon Health Sciences University/Oregon Graduate Institute where he teaches courses on speech application development. Author of many technical papers on user interfaces, Dr. Larson currently writes a column for Speech Technology Magazine and is a speech applications consultant for Larson Technical Services.
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Larson's monograph is an excellent introduction to spoken dialogue development and design, using VoiceXML. It provides a succinct survey of what is needed and why, and goes into knowledeable depth on using VoiceXML while still keeping pointers to related technologies, thus broadening the understanding of VoiceXML.
The first 100 pages treat speech applications, their technologies and what is needed to develop them (the first sample VoiceXML document occurs on p 22). Then Chapter 5 is a basic introduction to VoiceXML. The remaining chapters 6-13 (150 pages) go through design aspects such as barge-in, grammars, application directed, user directed, and mixed initiative styles, testing, tools, and reusability, all the time with VoiceXML fragments as illustration.
All chapters end with a rich set of exercises and projecs.
Thus the book is very well suited for the learner, in particular for the application developer (whether focus is on usability design, grammar and language, or programming). But also practitioners and researchers will benefit from the completeness in coverage in this book, and its successful hit on best practice.
It is not a reference on VoiceXML, and researchers might want more references to related literature. But it hits its focus very well.
The first 100 pages treat speech applications, their technologies and what is needed to develop them (the first sample VoiceXML document occurs on p 22). Then Chapter 5 is a basic introduction to VoiceXML. The remaining chapters 6-13 (150 pages) go through design aspects such as barge-in, grammars, application directed, user directed, and mixed initiative styles, testing, tools, and reusability, all the time with VoiceXML fragments as illustration.
All chapters end with a rich set of exercises and projecs.
Thus the book is very well suited for the learner, in particular for the application developer (whether focus is on usability design, grammar and language, or programming). But also practitioners and researchers will benefit from the completeness in coverage in this book, and its successful hit on best practice.
It is not a reference on VoiceXML, and researchers might want more references to related literature. But it hits its focus very well.
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