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Monday, December 22, 2008 10:51 PM

Building Custom Activities Using the Core API

The Speech Server API is interesting to play around with. And understanding how Speech Server works behind the scenes is invaluable in debugging. But the real value of learning the API comes when you decide to build your own custom activities. ... Read...
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Monday, December 22, 2008 10:37 PM

Getting Started with the Core API

With the introduction of Voice Response Workflows in Speech Server 2007, Microsoft has greatly simplified voice-enabled application development. The entire process is relatively painless; even downright enjoyable. And for most applications it is all you...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:33 AM

New Blog: Speaking From the Edge

I've started a new blog over on GotSpeech.net called Speaking From the Edge . It covers topics related to voice-enabled application development including Microsoft Speech Server.  I'm not abandoning this site however. I will continue to post here...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:23 PM

Executing a Speech Server Workflow via the API

In my previous post I outlined a basic framework for using the Core API for Speech Server 2007. Today I'll outline how to mix both the API and Workflow models by calling out to a workflow using the API and returning control back when it is complete. If...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008 2:21 PM

Getting Started with the Speech Server 2007 API

Speech Server 2007 has a really cool Windows Workflow based programming model that lets you quickly build interactive voice response applications. For many applications it is all you will ever need. Sometimes however you find the workflow model just isn...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:46 AM

VoiceXML on Speech Server

Yesterday I posted about an issue with Speech Server and Vista. One reader named Bill asked a question in the comments. My response was a bit long for a comment so I decided to turn it into a separate post instead. Hey Marc, are you using Microsoft Speech...
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Monday, April 14, 2008 1:57 PM

Notiva

Around 18 months ago I started a new position with Parlance Corporation. I’m proud to say I've delivered my first product - Notiva . Essentially Notiva is an outbound messaging service which gives developers the ability to add voice, email, and...
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Friday, September 14, 2007 2:31 PM

Straight VoiceXML vs. Windows Workflow

There is an interesting post over on GotSpeech.NET ( VXML vs. Workflow for Speech Server 2007 ) that compares speech devolvement using VoiceXML vs. the Windows Workflow model available in Speech Server 2007.  Given that most of my work building applications...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007 1:06 AM

VoiceXML with Visual Studio

Every so often I'm surprised by the incredible flexibility built into Visual Studio 2005. I've been writing a lot of VoiceXML lately and I was really missing the intellisense that I've become so used to. On a whim I tried opening a VoiceXML document in...
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