Supercharge Your Phone
“VoiceXML (VXML) is the W3C’s standard XML format for specifying interactive voice dialogues between a human and a computer. It is fully analogous to HTML, and brings the same advantages of web application development and deployment to voice applications that HTML brings to visual applications. Just as HTML documents are interpreted by a visual web browser, VoiceXML documents are interpreted by a voice browser.” ~ Wikipedia
Basically, this allows you to make webpages that are accessible via voice-operated devices (such as a telephone.) From the short program that Bob made for me (using BeVocal Cafe), I can see this being used as a system for telephone automation and also to allow the blind to access content on the Internet.
But all I can think about is making something similar to those old text-adventure games…
“You’ve come to a door marked with the seal of the Ancient Water Bison. Will you bow in homage or tremble in fear? – Press 1 to bow in homage, 2 to tremble in fear…”
Quiddity
Gmail keeps sending the file back to me. Maybe it’s too big. I’ll try and send just one or two.
ClickNathan
HAH! Okay well whatever. Get over it.
Perhaps if you would have just asked…
olivia
No ME FIRST! You got the photos first so I get the adventures first!
ClickNathan
OOOH! Me too please!
Quiddity
no need to *hurrumph* I’ll send you some.
olivia
I dont have any.
*hurrumph*
Quiddity
I love those old text only adventure games. I have a whole stack of them!
olivia
Wow thats so cool! I had no idea about this VoiceXML stuff. Its going to open up so many possibilities for accessibility. Im definitely going to look into this.
And Nathan, slick move with the post image :@}