Voxeo and Nu Echo Announce Plan to Speed Development of Voice Applications

Starting today, Voxeo will offer Nu Echo's NuGram grammar development tool in an integrated package with Voxeo's VoiceObjects Service Creation Environment. This integration allows developers to easily create either static or dynamic grammars that can be used with VoiceObjects technology to efficiently build multichannel self-service applications.

The NuBot IVR Application Testing Solution Can Now Be Tried For Free

Most people know that IVR applications should be extensively tested before they’re deployed. They should be tested to make sure that they perform as specified and that they will continue to do so under load. Yet, most applications are not tested nearly as much as they should, sometimes with dire consequences when a major problem is detected after the application goes live. One reason for this, naturally, is cost. Another reason is time, as slips in the project schedule often mean less time available for testing.

That’s where automated testing comes in. Automated tests should be a critical element of any IVR testing strategy since they can greatly reduce the time required for application testing, lower development costs, accelerate software release cycles, and increase application quality and stability.

Unfortunately, commercially available testing offerings are usually costly, complex to set up and operate, or both, which is why they are so rarely used. To address this problem, we have developed the NuBot Automated IVR Application Testing Platform, which we demonstrated this week atSpeechTEK 2009in New York City. The NuBot Platform is an affordable automated IVR application testing solution that is both powerful and easy to use.

Nu Echo Announces General Availability of NuGram IDE Basic Edition

NuGram IDE is a fully-integrated, Eclipse-based, grammar development environment. Used to create, debug, optimize and maintain static and dynamic grammars, it is one of the two components of the NuGram Platform, first presented at SpeechTEK 2008 in New York City as the first complete solution for speech grammar development and deployment.

Following a 6-month beta program involving several hundred users worldwide, Nu Echo is now making NuGram IDE Basic Edition generally available free of charge to the developer community. Designed to support the rigorous grammar development processes required in order to efficiently produce solid grammars, NuGram IDE Basic Edition:

• Enables developers to author grammars using one single concise and legible format, regardless of the target speech recognition engine.
• Offers a grammar editor with several advanced features, including syntax coloring, content-assist - code completion, quick fixes, code templates, etc. - and sophisticated refactoring tools.
• Provides powerful grammar analysis, visualization, and debugging tools.
• Provides tools to test grammar coverage and semantic interpretation correctness.

NuEcho Introduces the NuGram Platform at SpeechTEK 2008

[nik's note:]

Nu Echo Inc., today announced that it will introduce the NuGram platform at the SpeechTEK 2008 conference and exhibition in New York City, August 18-20.
While there are numerous effective speech application service creation tools on the market today, the lack of an effective grammar development solution has traditionally presented a significant obstacle to the development of increasingly complex speech applications.
In response to this Nu Echo is launching the NuGram platform. By enabling the development of both static and dynamic grammars, the NuGram platform provides a complete grammar solution that uniquely supports the full development and deployment lifecycle of speech recognition grammars.
The NuGram platform consists of two key components: NuGram™ IDE, an Eclipse-based grammar development environment, and NuGram™ Server, the dynamic grammar runtime solution. [click heading for more]