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Loquendo Implements W3C SISR for Speech RecognitionTMCnet VoIP Minute Watch Columnist
Speech technology provider Loquendo announced on Wednesday the implementation of W3C Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition (SISR) specification in Loquendo ASR, together with the company's Speech Suite and VoxNauta platform. The move follows the company's development of VoiceXML and SRGS.
Loquendo ASR, bundled with Loquendo Speech Suite and Loquendo VoxNauta platform, supports the standards for speech recognition, including W3C SRGS (Speech Recognition Grammar Specification) and SISR (Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition). SISR enables grammar developers to use a powerful script language to validate and return semantic results from the recognition. According to Loquendo's news release, SISR Version 1.0 has reached candidate recommendation status from the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). "The W3C was created to obtain maximum potential from the Web by developing common protocols that facilitate the web's development and increase inter-operability."
Today's news follows Loquendo's announcement from yesterday about its Voxnauta VoiceXML platform being awarded the VoiceXML 2.0 platform certification by the VoiceXML Forum. The VoiceXML Forum's Certification Program certifies that implementation platforms conform to the VoiceXML 2.0 test suite.
Loquendo's VoxNauta 7.0 VoiceXML platform supports all other relevant speech standards, integrating Loquendo's technologies through MRCPv2, IETF standard protocol; supporting W3C VoiceXML 2.1; and implementing CCXML 1.0, the new W3C standard language for programming call control at service level.
"The Platform Certification Program is a key component of the VoiceXML Forum's strategy to accelerate worldwide market adoption of speech-enabled applications," said Ken Rehor, chair of the VoiceXML Forum yesterday. "VoiceXML platform certification promotes inter-operability between VoiceXML platforms, tools, service providers, and applications. As VoiceXML adoption continues to grow in enterprises and carriers, certification assists customers in choosing from a wide variety of vendors and deployment options to solve their particular business needs." Loquendo
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