Motivation

• VXMLSurfer is the interface of the HearSay voice-browser
• Users interact with VXMLSurfer through keyboard and mic
• HTTP request is forwarded to the Mozilla browser engine
• The loaded Web page is converted into a frame tree
• The frame tree is processed and converted to VXML dialogs

Features

• Compliant with VoiceXML 2.0 specifications
• Geared to Web-browsing as opposed to telephony
• Modular, Extensible, Multi-Platform (Java)
• Extends VoiceXML 2.0 to give more control over dialog flow
• Loaded with add-ons: Spell Check, TTS, SR, etc.

Future Work

• Complete VoiceXML 2.0 Specifications.
• Messaging between VXMLSurfer and calling application.
• Speech Recognition (CMU Sphinx)
• Java Script Interpreter and Grammar Interpreter Modules
• Multilingual TTS, etc.

Applications Of VXMLSurfer

• VXMLSurfer is the interface of the HearSay voice-browser
• Users interact with VXMLSurfer through keyboard and mic
• HTTP request is forwarded to the Mozilla browser engine
• The loaded Web page is converted into a frame tree
• The frame tree is processed and converted to VXML dialogs

Uses

• VXML is typically used in telephony applications.
• Computer games use VXML to program interactive dialogs
• VXML dialogs disseminate information through public terminals
• VoiceXML can be used in voice browsing!