PRODUCTSOpenstream offers Enterprises, Service-Providers and SMB Financial Institutions worldwide a suite of cost-saving and brand-loyalty-enhancing mobile applications that implement personalized services in a multi-modal environment, using wireless and speech technologies:
SMP-Pharma
SMP-Pharma enables Pharma Sales Force to dramatically improve the performance and productivity with Mobile Workforce applications that allow access to vital information via mobile devices that are optimized for cost and characteristics of mobile networks
SMP-FraudWatch
SMP-FraudWatch enables the Financial Institution (Card Issuer,Card Processor,Bank) to provides alerts for potentially fraudulent transactions to end-users via multiple modes (SMS, WAP-Push, Enhanced SMS, Paging, FAX and Email)
SmartMail
SmartMail provides multi-modal access to email, contacts directory and calendar through any mode/device of the user's choice to read, reply, compose, and forward emails.
SMSC
Openstream's SMSC is designed to cater to the unique requirements of Network Operators in the small to medium density wireless markets and Enterprise and Community Customers.
Monday, 10 May 2010
.:. Openstream .:. Products
Loquendo at SpeechTEK Europe 2010
Loquendo: global supplier of speech recognition and speech synthesis technology and solutions.
Eckoh On Demand
Business Communications Solutions from Avaya UK
The dawn of a new era in business communications. Lower costs. Faster deployment. Breakthrough simplicity.
Autonomy - The Leader in Meaning-Based Computing & Enterprise Search
Voxeo Prophecy Platform
The Voxeo Prophecy Platform - Free Download
Version:
About Prophecy
Voxeo Prophecy is a powerful, entirely standards-based platform for speech, IVR, and SIP VoIP applications. Prophecy is the world's first telephony application platform software to offer enterprise-class features with retail like simplicity, at an extremely low price. The resulting product is:
- Accessible - Prophecy is an openly available, single download product with no configuration required: just one download includes speech recognition (ASR), speech synthesis (TTS), and our Designer visual development tool.
- Simple - Prophecy includes everything needed to create and deploy any IVR or VoIP application, including full VoiceXML and CCXML browsers with high-quality speech recognition and synthesis engines, a built-in SIP soft-phone, and support for hundreds of SIP providers and devices. Prophecy works with any web development language or server including ASP, CGI, C#, Java, PERL, PHP, Python, and Ruby. Prophecy has a built-in web server that supports PHP and Java applications as well.
- 100% Standards based - Prophecy includes the first (and only) VoiceXML browser to pass 100% of the mandatory and optional VoiceXML compliance tests and includes the worlds most proven CCXML implementation.
- Inexpensive - Prophecy is free for two ports (two concurrent calls) and $249 for four ports (four concurrent calls).
Prophecy scales from two ports on low-end notebooks to tens of thousands of ports on multiple-server clusters. Discounts are available for volume, VAR, and OEM licensing. For pricing above four ports - or if you're a developer or OEM creating and reselling solutions on the Prophecy platform - please contact us for partner and OEM pricing.
Installation
When you first run the Prophecy download it will guide you through the installation of the full set of Voxeo tools and services. The evaluation version comes with a fully functional 30-day license key, and you can upgrade to a permanent free license at any time simply by registering the software.
After the installation is complete you should have the following new services running:
- Voxeo Prophecy Server, including Voxeo's CCXML, CallXML, and MRCP servers
- Voxeo Prophecy VoiceXML Browser, the Voxeo VoiceXML 2.1-compliant server
- Voxeo Prophecy Management Console, including a web server with full PHP support
- Voxeo Prophecy Application Sever, including a web server with full Java servlet/JSP support
- Voxeo Designer, including the Designer server and visual development tool
Usage
After installation, you can edit the following scripts:
Finally, you can then call into the platform using the Voxeo SIP softphone from the start menu. You can call the following addresses from the softphone:
- For CallXML, the callxml-home.xml script is in the www directory of the Prophecy installation. This script can then be accessed via the built-in PHP-capable web-server at http://localhost:9990/callxml-home.xml
- For VoiceXML, the vxml-home.xml script is in the www directory of the Prophecy installation. This script can then be accessed via the built-in PHP-capable web server at http://127.0.0.1:9990/vxml-home.xml
- For CCXML Voxeo, the ccxml-home.xml script is in the www directory of the Prophecy installation. This script can then be accessed via the built-in PHP-capable web server at http://127.0.0.1:9990/ccxml-home.xml
- For CCXML 1.0 (the W3C specification), the ccxml10-home.xml script is in the www directory of the Prophecy installation. This script can then be accessed via the built-in PHP-capable web server at http://127.0.0.1:9990/ccxml10-home.xml
- call sip:callxml@127.0.0.1 for CallXML
- call sip:ccxml@127.0.0.1 for CCXML Voxeo
- call sip:ccxml10@127.0.0.1 for CCXML 1.0
- call sip:vxml@127.0.0.1 for VoiceXML
Reporting bugs, problems, or suggestions
If you find any problems with the Prophecy Platform, or if you have any comments or suggestions, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@voxeo.com
Learning more
The Prophecy Home Page, which can be accessed from the Windows tray, Mac menu item, or from your browser at http://127.0.0.1:9995, provides access to:
- A quick start guide
- The Prophecy administration console
- CallXML documentation
- VoiceXML documentation
- CCXML documentation
- The Prophecy Support forum, and more.
For help with using Prophecy from the command line, go to the directory Prophecy was installed to and run "prophecy help". This will provide you with basic information about the platform, including how to query service status, uninstall, start services, and more.
For more information on CallXML, CCXML, or VoiceXML, refer to the Voxeo reference guides below. Note, however, that these guides refer exclusively to using Voxeo's hosted Evolution developer portal for testing.
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SpeechTEK Europe 2010 http://www.speechtek.com/europe2010/
projectbrainsaver will be going to talk to the right people at http://www.speechtek.com/europe2010/
If you are the best and care then you will be seeing me
I look forward to the future
SpeechTEK Europe 2010 http://www.speechtek.com/europe2010/
projectbrainsaver will be going to talk to the right people at http://www.speechtek.com/europe2010/
If you are the best and care then you will be seeing me
I look forward to the future
Friday, 7 May 2010
What should we do next?
What should we do next?Parliament is hung: no one political party is big enough to be the new government.
1,981 votes castIt's confusing, but we're not the only ones feeling unsure about what's coming next: politicians are feeling the same. That means we have a huge opportunity to decide what should happen and together, we need to decide how we're going to use it.
Vote today - the sooner we decide the more we can do.
1,526 votes out of 1,981FIX THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM
Most people are confused about what's happened in this election – does that mean now is the best time to call for a new voting system? For Liberal Democrats, a proportional voting system has always been a top priority and now Labour are saying they might More...
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363 votes out of 1,981Common ground government from the progressive majority
Should we tell all the progressive parties in Westminster to work together in a big coalition including Labour, Liberal Democrats, Greens, SNP and Plaid Cymru? They don't agree on everything, but they've got enough common ground to work together. More...
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69 votes out of 1,981Defend the Conservatives right to Govern
Should we tell Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats to join with the Conservatives to form a majority government? The Conservatives say they have the 'right' to be the next government, but with only around one third of all the votes, many disagree. More...
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23 votes out of 1,981Let the politicians get on with it
With the final result still up for grabs, we could use the uncertainty to call for promises on the issues we care about. Should we take a step back from the election and focus on the issues we've been campaigning on? More...
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BBC News - Inquiry into Blackburn postal vote 'irregularity'
The council is co-operating with policeDetectives in Lancashire are investigating an allegation of postal voting fraud.
The police inquiry centres on Blackburn, where voters will cast their ballots in both the general and local elections on Thursday.
A force spokeswoman could only say that police were looking into "irregularity in postal votes".
Blackburn-with-Darwen Borough Council said it was co-operating with the police investigation.
Lancashire Constabulary has not disclosed whether the allegations concern the local or general election.
Council co-operation
"We are currently investigating one case of irregularity in postal votes in the Blackburn area," the spokeswoman said.
No arrests have been made and inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the complaint are ongoing.
Linda Comstive, Blackburn with Darwen Council's director of legal and democratic services, said any such complaints were taken "very seriously".
"We are working with the police on this matter," she added.
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Thursday, 6 May 2010
HoneyBee
WHAT ARE WE DOING?Over the last sixteen years or so, the Honey Bee Network has lived the very spirit of the philosophy that it holds so dearly. Moreover, the actions that have followed the philosophy have grown and matured over a period of time and their trajectory of maturation has been based upon the strong realization of the essence of the philosophy. ‘Honey Bee’ Newsletter, the creative mouthpiece of the network, is published in seven Indian languages (Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Malayalam and Oriya) other than English. The very logic tells that any documentation and dissemination of local and traditional knowledge and innovations in English, certainly connects us globally but alienates locally. Living out the concern, the regional language versions reach out to the thousands grassroots knowledge holders, who otherwise would have been alienated from the benefits of knowledge, they themselves contribute in the first place. Acknowledging the very source of the traditional knowledge, the Honey Bee Newsletter and its regional versions carry stories of the local ingenuity with the consent of the knowledge holder. Another source of acknowledging the local genius has been preparing the database of the traditional knowledge and grassroots innovations and Honey Bee Network, over the last twenty years has documented more than 1,00,000 ideas, innovations and traditional knowledge practices. Honey Bee, true to its metaphor, has been the source of pollination and cross-pollination of ideas, creativity and grassroots genius, without taking away the nectar from the flower for ever.
A Benchmarks Report Card for Sudan
A Benchmarks Report Card for Sudan
May 6, 2010
An independent review by six leading human rights and Sudan advocacy groups reveals that the Sudanese peace processes for Darfur and Southern Sudan show no significant progress. They are at best stagnating and at worst backsliding toward complete failure and a return to full-scale, national war.The report released today, “A Benchmark Report Card for Sudan,” analyzes 28 leading indicators of progress, concluding that 17 indicators show significant worsening of the situation on the ground, while the remaining 11 indicators show a stalemate.
John Norris, the Enough Project’s Executive Director, commented, “The report card for Sudan reveals an absence of progress. This clear-eyed, transparent, and independent analysis makes painfully clear how much work remains to be done and how dire the situation remains on the ground. The administration indicated it would apply pressures if the parties failed to make progress. Well, the parties have slowed to a halt and are sliding backward in critical areas.”
One of the key indicators – the recent elections in Sudan – was reportedly marred by fraud, censorship, and voter intimidation. Now the regime in Khartoum is certifying as winners candidates such as Janjaweed leader Musa Hilal – who should have never been allowed to run for office in the first place.
The Report Card demonstrates that, despite the initially encouraging signs that the administration was committed to seeing verifiable change in Sudan, there has been a lack of change since the administration’s policy was put into place. President Obama should empower Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice to personally step up and make sure that the regime in Khartoum is held accountable for a lack of progress and for backsliding away from peace.
TAKE ACTION NOW:
Email your Senators at http://action.savedarfur.org/campaign/benchmarkse to ask that President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, and UN Ambassador Rice be directly involved in the full implementation of the Sudan policy and be ready to respond with multilateral pressure when Sudan’s dictator Omar al-Bashir fails to make progress towards peace.
Read the ”A Benchmark Report Card for Sudan.”
وزارة الإتصالات وتكنولوجيا المعلومات
First IDN ccTLDs now available
by Kim Davies on May 5, 2010
Today the first three production non-Latin top-level domains were placed in the DNS root zone. This means they are live! Here is one newly enabled domain with a functional website that works right now: وزارة-الأتصالات.مصر
Monday, 3 May 2010
Facebook | Your Photos - Mayday 4 McKinnon Day May 3rd 2010
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Future of Health IT: Trends and Scenarios
Hi (-: There is a way and has been a way of bringing the www to the state where it is also a ready built WWTW. Using very powerful but easy to set up technology from Autonomy (autonomy.com) projectbrainsaver and more recently an offshoot called hightechheadhelper shows what can be achieved with Autonomys (ie IDOL Echo) and Etalk software. Its been a long time coming but it looks like voice capable systems for everyman will have actually been started by Dr. Guruduth Banavar Director-IBM Research India, and Chief Technologist, IBM India/South Asia and not a giant step on a global scale through the use of business technology used in a different manner - for and on behalf of the individual. At least the sunlight is coming over the horizon. (-: Mark Aldiss projectbrainsaver
A Facebook User The future of computing and communications: random thoughts, part 5
HITEKHEDHELPA - hightechheadhelper | Changemakers
Some people NEED change NOW: So, If Money And The Human Condition Aren’t The Problem, What Is?
Some people NEED change NOW: At about the age of three children first learn to recognise emotion in voices.
Some people NEED change NOW: Ruined City by Nevil Shute 1938
Some people NEED change NOW: World Scale Personal voice Control
WHO | Commission on Social Determinants of Health - final report
Commission on Social Determinants of Health - final report
Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health
Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.Download the full report
Chinese [pdf 5.1Mb] | English [pdf 7.28Mb] | French [pdf 3.6Mb] | Russian [pdf 6.3Mb] | Spanish [pdf 3.3Mb]
View full report by chapter
Arabic [pdf 2.9Mb] | English [pdf 500kb] | Russian [pdf 1.4Mb]
Executive summary
Arabic [pdf 2.10Mb] | Chinese [pdf 5.15Mb] | English [pdf 4.25Mb] | French [pdf 4.73Mb] | Hungarian [pdf 4.36Mb] | Lithuanian [pdf 3.87Mb] | Russian [pdf 4.85Mb] | Slovakian [pdf 3.49Mb] | Slovenian [pdf 2.24Mb] | Spanish [pdf 4.85Mb] | Swedish [pdf 4.85Mb]
VIDEOS OF LAUNCH EVENT AND INTERVIEWS
Press conference: Palais des Nations, Geneva
Video [streaming wmv, 00:20:59]
Who podcast featuring the Commission's Report
Play now - duration 00:07:48 [mp3 4.5Mb]
Interview with Sir Michael Marmott
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Remarks to the press by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan
