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The following page has been changed by Stu Robertson: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-taglibs/ReusableDialogComponents/Tutorials/TryingOut The comment on the change is: Initial cut. Focused on voice interpreter setup only. New page: '' 'cause you probably don't have a voice interpreter at home...'' ---- You have a simple project containing your own RDCs, or one of the example WARs from the RDC distro. You have an application server like Tomcat setup and ready-to-go. You've heard building voiceXML applications is basically like web development, and you have your web browser. Oh wait! This is a voice UI, so your html browser won't help... To see RDCs in action, and to test a voice application in its native mode of operation, you need a Voice Interpreter. Which you probably don't have. Fear not. If you have the ability to expose your application via the internet, poking a hole through whatever firewall hides your development environment from the world, there's a readily available option. Many major voiceXML hosting companies provide free test environments. With very little work, you can point their voice browser to your application, and then call into it to test your application. I've used both [http://cafe.bevocal.com Bevocal Cafe] and [http://community.voxeo.com Voxeo], and there are others. I've found Bevocal's tools to be very straightforward, and more importantly to me, their server logs are easy to read and find. Here's a brief overview of the steps required to get setup. ''TODO: add more detail'' * Make sure your application is visible via the internet. If your ISP gives you a dynamic IP, consider a service like [http://dyndns.org DynDNS.org] to get a domain name. If you're behind NAT you'll need to configure your router to use port forwarding to the box running your application. When you're done, the address might look something like http://your-hostname.dyndns.org:8080/yourAppName/entryPoint.jsp. * Sign up for a developer account at the voiceXML hosting site of your choice. The two I listed above work well. * Follow their instructions to configure their voice browser. This is simple. You really just tell it the endpoint that you setup above and you're done. * Call into your application. They'll give you a PIN and userID. You can use a real phone, you can use Skype, you can even use a free SIP phone if you take the time to set it up (Voxeo has nice support for this). After you've called in and stepped through the application, you can visit the hosting site and view the log output generated from your session. It should show you all of the interactions between the voice interpreter and your application, including recognition events, fetching resources, etc. It's easy to use the RDC test jsps included with the distribution. Just set the application entry point to the jsp you want to test. '''Big Caveat For Now''' - as of June 14th, most of the RDCs do not work with the Nuance grammar compilers these hosting providers use. Exceptions are select1 and possibly a few others. We're working on that. If you want to help, jump into the discussion at the taglibs-dev mailing list. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
