VoiceXML Browser Brings Speech Recognition to Millions of Asterisk Users LumenVox Speech Recognition Software Integrated in I6NET's VXI* 3.1

I6NET announced today the release of VXI* 3.1. VXI* enables thousands of existing VXML applications to run on the Asterisk PBX platform, and new speech recognition solutions to be built affordably.
"The release of VXI*, powered by the LumenVox Speech Engine, allows the large pool of VXML developers to run existing speech applications on the Asterisk platform or to develop new ones that are standards-based," commented Bill Meisel, president of TMA Associates and Publisher & Editor of Speech Strategy News. "The widespread use of the Asterisk platform presents an opportunity for VoiceXML developers to increase adoption of speech solutions in cost-sensitive markets. And who isn't sensitive to cost?" [click heading for more]

Aterisk: VXI* 3.1 final released!

The final VXI* VoiceXML browser 3.1 “late summer” ref. 2008-09-01 32bit is now released! In few days the same package for 64bit will be available too. These new release is suitable for production platforms running with all lastest Asterisk 1.4 kernels.

New features added:
add: additional properties for the TextToVideo
add: Specific video URL in the accounts
add: Video detection
add: Counters (PEAK, DENIED, SPEECHS)
add: Set VXML_ERROR if the session cannot be open (content the cause)
add: End date to the session dump
add: Use Number (calledif)) to identify the account
add: Option mute to openvxi
add: CLI admin commands
add: alias mimitype video/3gp
add: VXML() asterisk function to get/set parameters
add: Porting for Asterisk 1.2
add: Priority configuration
add: Sessions dump
add: CDRupdate parameter
add: Asterisk vxml application dates
add: Add the dial: transfer prefix
add: CDR updates at the end of the VoiceXML session
add: .alaw and .ulaw formats for the TTS
add: ASR automatic allocation
add: speech configuration for the accounts
add: Object property to get internal properties values
add: Configuration of DTMF controls
Modifications:
mod: Disable SIGPIPE generation
mod: Open sessions locks
mod: support Jsession (java sessions)
mod: Start/stop script (without safe_openvxi)
mod: Disable log Stdout by default
mod: Remove direct chan access
mod: vxml show application
mod: Correction in the offset object
mod: Small correction for CLI commands
mod: Correction to use the MP3Player application
mod: Correction to support exec: in the transfer [click heading for more]

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Asterisk Speech Recognition Magic Button

If you have already heard about the Magic Button, read on because the feature set has expanded by a factor of five. This post is to inform the community about the upcoming community release of the Magic Button software, as well as the upcoming availability of the new LumenVox Community Speech Licensing Server.[click heading for more]

Turn Asterisk into an open standards IVVR: New VXI* 3.0 released!

[nik's note: I'm very interested to see how the new VoiceXML browser for Asterisk develops. This has all the feelings of being quite a disruptive influence in the market - opening up sophisticated IVR services to the SME market. ]

The newest VXI* VoiceXML browser 3.0 ref. 2008-04-14 is now released!This release contains important enhancements for Asterisk 1.4.X last versions.[click heading for more]