IBM Releases Speech API Software Using Tellme Studio

IBM has released new open-source development software enhancements for Web developers to use browser tools to build, test and run new voice applications called TellMe.

Under the Eclipse Foundation’s Voice Tools Project, the new speech application programming interface (API) software was developed to speed the adoption of Voice

IBM has also released the Multimodal Tools Project for Eclipse on its alphaWorks Web site. It helps create multimodal speech-enabled Web applications written in the XHTML+Voice (X+V) markup language. It helps the application developers to ensure that Web sites can be used on small devices, with limited input options, where voice input and visual output might be preferable.

In 2004, IBM donated its Reusable Dialogue Component (RDC) speech technologies to the Eclipse and Apache organizations. RDCs allow developers to plug in certain code that is common among speech applications, which helps speed development of new voice-enabled technologies.

The Eclipse Voice Tools Project is an open-source initiative of the Eclipse Foundation to develop an editing environment for the W3C Recommendations in speech such as Voice

The project’s software provides the Eclipse community with the tools necessary to develop consumer or business-focused applications that use speech recognition everywhere. The project has found active participation from many companies in the voice industry.

Source: Speechtech Magazine / Tellme Studio