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This short title starts out by explaining the evolution of user interfaces, from text and pictures on desktop browsers to new VUI standards, including VoiceXML 1.0, which is used here to build voice-based apps. (The book begins with an explanation that VoiceXML 2.0 was still being standardized as the title went to press. A later section details some of the changes you can expect when 2.0 does arrive.)

After explaining the unique challenges of creating voice-based interactions with users, much of the book relies on a sample case study for a simple Personal Information Manager (PIM), including some design documents (like use cases) presented in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). This application gets enhanced in steps and allows the author to tour the basic tags and programming strategies for voice-based dialogs with users. Throughout this title, the author considers "best practices" and programming hints for creating effective VUIs, which will require new ways of thinking from developers. Later chapters look at how to create an application that can be used with both traditional browsers and voice using XML presented using XSL style sheets. (This example makes use of both the Cocoon servlet framework and the IBM WebSphere Voice SDK, with screenshots showing these tools in action.)

The book concludes with some predictions about what to expect for the future of VoiceXML and voice-based computing as well as a handy reference to VoiceXML tags. Though it's likely to be superseded by more comprehensive titles as voice computing matures, this concise guide will provide an excellent resource for any early adopter of voice-based computing. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: Introduction to VoiceXML and voice user interfaces (VUIs), brief history of the Internet, case study for a simple voice-based Personal Information Manager (PIM), user-case analysis of a VUI, VoiceXML 1.01 vs. 2.0, survey of toolkits and developer accessories, VoiceXML language tutorial (menus, dialogs, event handling, and telephony support), VUI design principles, techniques and programming guide; advanced VoiceXML topics (including resource fetching, voice gateways, and advanced event handling), quick overview of Web technologies (including XML, servlets, and JavaServer Pages), adding VoiceXML to traditional Web applications, grammar and speech synthesis specifications, reusable dialog components, and a reference to VoiceXML tags and syntax.

Ken Abbott's Voice Enabling Web Applications: VoiceXML and Beyond is a comprehensive introduction to the concepts, architectures, and implementation techniques underlying the development of voice-enabled Internet applications.

This book is divided into three parts, each of which tackles an essential piece of the voice application development puzzle. In Part One, "Retrospective on Voice and the Web," you'll learn how VoiceXML integrates voice recognition and synthesis technologies with markup languages, and you'll see how VoiceXML (VXML) is a powerful vehicle for incorporating voice and graphical interfaces into today's web architectures. In Part Two, "The VoiceXML Language," you'll be introduced to VXML syntax and programming concepts, and you'll quickly learn how to develop dynamic voice applications by following along with the creation of a voice-enabled personal information manager. You'll also learn about Voice User Interface (VUI) design principles, and you'll gain valuable insight into the techniques used to create efficient, user-friendly voice applications. In Part Three, "Incorporating Voice into the Web," you'll be introduced to the architectures and components used to create large-scale web applications, and you'll learn how to use VoiceXML with other web technologies in a multitier, voice-enabled Web application.

Ken Abbott's Voice Enabling Web Applications: VoiceXML and Beyond is a comprehensive introduction to the concepts, strategies, architectures, and implementation techniques underlying the development of voice-enabled Internet applications.

• Comprehensive coverage of VXML's syntax, concepts, and strategies
• Includes a hands-on tutorial and a sample packaged, multi-tier Web application prototype using Apache Cocoon
• Up-to-date information on VoiceXML 2.0 and related W3C voice activities
• Companion CD contains all software needed to begin developing VoiceXML applications immediately

This book is divided into three parts, each of which tackles an essential piece of the voice application development puzzle. In Part I, Retrospective on Voice and the Web, you'll learn how VoiceXML integrates voice recognition and synthesis technologies with markup languages, and see how VoiceXML (VXML) is a powerful vehicle for incorporating voice and graphical interfaces into today's Web architectures. In Part II, The VoiceXML Language, you'll be introduced to VXML syntax and programming concepts, quickly learning how to develop dynamic voice applications by following along with the creation of a voice-enabled personal information manager. You'll also learn about Voice User Interface (VUI) design principles, gaining valuable insight into the techniques used to create efficient, user-friendly voice applications. In Part III, Incorporating Voice Into the Web, you'll be introduced to the architectures and components used to create large-scale Web applications, and learn how to use VoiceXML with other Web technologies in a multi-tier, voice-enabled Web application.

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• "XML in a Nutshell, Second Edition"
• "XSLT"
• "XML Schema"
• "SAX2"
• "Java & XML, Second Edition"
• "Java and XSLT"
• "Perl & XML"

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The Definitive Guide to Ajax Web Application Development

Evolve from the click-and-wait programming pattern to the latest Web 2.0 paradigm using this comprehensive guide to Ajax. Written by Web development expert Thomas Powell, the book lays out every feature of Ajax alongside detailed explanations and real-world code examples.

Ajax: The Complete Reference explains how to create and test Ajax-enabled Web applications using the XMLHttpRequest object as well as alternative JavaScript-based communication mechanisms. You'll explore a variety of sample applications featuring emerging user-interface conventions and build applications that address real-world networking and security issues. A robust communication library is developed throughout the book that enables you to architect flexible Ajax applications. The latest technologies such as Web services, Flash-Ajax integration, client-side templates, Comet, and Offline Access are also covered. Discover the future of Web development today!

• Work with traditional JavaScript communication approaches like iframes
• Explore all the quirks and details in the XMLHttpRequest object
• Handle disparate data formats, including XML, JSON, CSV, YAML, and more
• Deal with networking issues, including timeouts, retries, response ordering, and a variety of server and content errors
• Simplify JavaScript programming using open-source Ajax libraries like YUI
• Secure Ajax applications using authentication, obfuscation, and encryption
• Implement common Ajax UI patterns such as auto suggest, click-to-edit, and drag-and-drop
• Solve troubling Ajax architecture problems, including back button, history, and bookmarking issues
• Learn Ajax's role in Web 2.0 and Web services
• Explore push style communication using Comet and Flash
• Discover the future of offline Web application access and operation

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• Supported by all major database systems, XML provides an easy, standardized method of transferring data between databases and to and from the Web, independent of the software in use
• Offers database programmers and data-driven Web developers detailed guidance on how to understand and work with XML as data
• Numerous hands-on, step-by-step examples help readers learn to simplify database work using XML
• Shows how to use XML to exchange data between multiple databases either internally or with external customers and partners
• Covers XML in popular databases including Oracle Database, SQL Server, and brief coverage of DB2 Database
• Covers basic syntax for XML, the XML DOM, and XSL – with an emphasis on database use, and native XML databases
• Additional topics covered include Native XML databases, XPath, XQuery, XLink, XPointer, DTDs, XML Schemas, among others

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Richard Hundhausen, Steven Borg, Cole Francis, and Kenneth Wilcox have combined their years of expertise in this invaluable resource to teach you how a typical wired business can leverage Web services in B2B commerce. Using a case study, the authors walk you step by step through how to take advantage of new technologies in .NET, such as ADO, ASP, and SOAP, to create XML Web services. They start with a discussion of a Web services provider case study, including the analysis, design, construction, registration, and deployment of the Web service. You'll then learn about the conceptual design of a system and receive an introduction to Object Role Modeling (ORM). Packed with useful information, the chapters also dive into topics such as:

• Database design, covering the implementation of the physical design in Microsoft SQL Server 2000
• Syntax and attributes used to code a Web service, including proper testing techniques
• The benefits of using the Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) framework
• Security-both the traditional mechanisms provided by IIS and new ones provided by ASP.NET
• Web service performance testing and tuning

The companion Web site includes the complete case study application and code used in the book.

Publisher: Wiley
Authors: Richard Hundhausen, Steven Borg, Cole Francis, Kenneth Wilcox
Release Date: 2002-09-17
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This is the first book dedicated to cognitive radio, a promising new technology that is poised to revolutionize the telecommunications industry with increased wireless flexibility. Cognitive radio technology integrates computational intelligence into software-defined radio for embedded intelligent agents that adapt to RF environments and user needs. Using this technology, users can more fully exploit the radio spectrum and services available from wireless connectivity. For example, an attempt to send a 10MB e-mail in a zone where carrier charges are high might cause a cognitive radio to alert its user and suggest waiting until getting to the office to use the LAN instead. Cognitive Radio Architecture examines an "ideal cognitive radio" that features autonomous machine learning, computer vision, and spoken or written language perception.

The author of this exciting new book is the inventor of the technology and a leader in the field. Following his step-by-step introduction, readers can start building aware/adaptive radios and then make steps towards cognitive radio. After an introduction to adaptive, aware, and cognitive radio, the author develops three major themes in three sections:

• Foundations
• Radio Competence
• User Domain Competence

The book makes the design principles of cognitive radio more accessible to students of teleinformatics, as well as to wireless communications systems developers. It therefore embraces the practice of cognitive radio as well as the theory. In particular, the publication develops a cognitive architecture that integrates disparate disciplines, including autonomous machine learning, computer vision, and language perception technologies. An accompanying CD-ROM contains the Java source code and compiled class files for applications developed in the book. In addition, for the convenience of the reader, Web resources introducing key concepts such as speech applications programmer interfaces (APIs) are included.

Although still five to ten years away from full deployment, telecommunications giants and research labs around the world are already dedicating R&D to this new technology. Telecommunications engineers as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students can learn the promising possibilities of this innovative technology from the one who invented it.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Author: Joseph, III Mitola
Release Date: 2006-09-14
ISBN/EAN: 0471742449 / 9780471742449

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Los temas desarrollados abarcan desde la creacion y administracion de un sitio web con DreamWeaver 2, hasta el trabajo con Photoshop para el tratamiento de imagenes, pasando por el uso de Thumbs Plus y las galerias de imagenes. Ademas, la subida a los servidores con WS_FTP, datos sobre donde alojar un sitio web y registrar su dominio, una introduccion al e-commerce y las tecnicas de difusion on-line y off-line, opciones avanzadas y mucho mas.

El CD ROM que acompana esta obra incluye, ademas de los archivos de todos los ejemplos del libro, el software imprescindible para la creacion de documentos HTML, programas de diseno, y utilitarios para Internet. Galeria de imagenes, sonidos y archivos MIDIs para incluir en las paginas.

En el libro encontrara: 1.Planificacion del sitio. 2.Comercio electronico. 3.Uso del e-mail. 4.El alojamiento. 5.Crear el sitio con DreamWeaver. 6.Opciones avanzadas. 7.La estetica del sitio. 8.Galeria de imagenes. 9.Recursos on line. 10.Subir las paginas. 11.Promocion del sitio. Apendice A:Registrar un dominio en NIC-Argentina. Apendice B:Listas de distribucion. Servicios al Lector: Glosario y atajos de teclado. Los mejores sitios web. Proyectos explicados paso a paso.

Publisher: M.P. Ediciones
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Release Date: 2000-03-01
ISBN/EAN: 9875260266 / 9789875260269

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