NetFront and Voice Recognition

NetFront supports advanced mobile voice recognition technologies based on the XHTML + Voice (X+V) 1.1 framework. X+V supports voice synthesis and voice recognition of mobile Internet data allowing voice input and output interaction with voice supported Web pages.

ACCESS partnered with IBM's Pervasive Computing Software group to develop mobile browser-based support for X+V using NetFront technology in combination with IBM's embedded ViaVoice® speech-recognition program, creating a full-featured, mobile X+V solution.

Adding voice recognition to the mobile Internet can create a powerful and versatile end-user experience. For example, with X+V you can request Internet search information from a travel site, enter the parameters for your flight, book your flight and hotel, and even rental car simply by speaking--which can be a far easier solution than manually typing your information, especially on handheld computers or mobile phones.

As the first mobile browser technology to support X+V 1.1, NetFront provides a new visual and voice application framework that allows developers to create user-centric multimodal applications and target applications initially for the Pocket PC 2002 and Windows Mobile™/Pocket PC 2003 platform. Solutions for additional mobile platforms will follow.

For additional information on X+V solutions for mobile go to IBM's multimodal information page:

http://www-306.ibm.com/software/pervasive/multimodal/